OPSI’s letter to PJM comes as the grid operator’s board is expected to vote at a Dec. 11 meeting on a roughly $5 billion package of transmission projects that are needed in response to data center load growth and power plant retirements. The projects are set to be built by Dominion Energy, FirstEnergy, Exelon, PPL, NextEra Energy, Transource and Public Service Electric & Gas.
OPSI said the transmission upgrade package is at a level never seen before in PJM’s region, which includes 13 Mid-Atlantic and Midwest states, plus the District of Columbia.
