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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) is warning regional electricity grid operator PJM that the state will consider leaving the organization if it doesn’t do more to protect consumers against soaring power prices.

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State utility regulators and power plant owners told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission they support PJM’s Reliability Resource Initiative, but renewable developers and others oppose it.

In an effort to cut carbon emissions, more and more of the electricity we use is being produced by the wind and sun. In the PJM Interconnection, the 13-state grid that includes Pennsylvania, wind and solar production grew from 4.

Gov. Josh Shapiro is pushing back against a surge in home electricity costs that will hit Philadelphia residents along with 65 million ratepayers in the Mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes regions, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.

Often, when the barbs are flying back and forth between the government and private entities in place to serve the public, it’s difficult to discern whose voice is speaking for the people in

In recent months, PJM Interconnection has been at the center of concern and conflict over market planning strategies intended to address the

We can’t criticize Gov. Josh Shapiro for filing a complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission against PJM Interconnection. Pennsylvania residents can’t afford the possibility of $20 billion more in electricity costs if PJM Interconnection’s capacity auction ends up imposing new costs on consumers.

PSEG insists the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project is critical to avoid reliability issues on the PJM grid, but some affected Marylanders don't quite see it that way.

As Maryland lawmakers weigh possible long-term solutions, officials from PJM briefed delegates about a grim energy outlook facing the state.

The electricity interests behind a proposed power line that would cut through 70 miles of mostly rural Maryland are finding that many residents don’t care much for the idea.