By Clara Summers Director, CUB’s Consumers for a Better Grid Campaign Governance reform at PJM Interconnection was always going to be hard. PJM is a contradiction in so many ways: it sets rules for the electricity market like a government, but is a private corporation. Its decision-making is controlled by…...
FERC rejection of PJM data center plan makes state action last hope to protect consumers
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a ruling on PJM Interconnection’s proposed large load plan, rejecting measures that would have held data centers accountable for their costs. The decision, which flies in the face of the White House Ratepayer Protection Pledge, gives Big Tech the green light to…...
Statement: PJM governance reform package blocks greater role for states, shuts out consumers, and entrenches corporate influence
The following is a statement from Clara Summers, Director of the Consumers for A Better Grid Campaign, Citizens Utility Board (CUB) of Illinois. (A printable pdf of this statement.) While there were some positive provisions consumer advocates fought for, today’s vote is yet another glaring example of how PJM’s stakeholder…...
