Glen Thomas
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Recovering regulator, energy/utility/telecommunications consultant, all things PJM follower
Malvern, PA
Joined October 2010
Kudos to @RobMatzie for absolutely nailing why utility owned re-regulation in PA is such a bad idea. Can we move on now @PPLElectric ?? https://t.co/HO19wINRFG
pahouse.com
Policymakers and special interests in Harrisburg are discussing policy changes that would undermine Pennsylvania’s competitive power market by allowing monopolies to once again generate...
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The PJM Board of Managers is implementing an expedited stakeholder process to seek solutions to resource adequacy challenges posed by rapidly interconnecting data centers and other large loads.
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Another deactivated PJM asset is coming back online - https://t.co/qoXhkSgR2d
#marketswork
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Challenges lie ahead for sure, but when PJM successfully navigates its all time winter peak and a record summer heat wave in the same year as new demand shows up, hats should be tipped.
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It is good to see @pjminterconnect standing up for itself in the face of political arrows. PJM has done a great job this year getting the grid successfully through tough winter and summer conditions. https://t.co/j9Y5x7hgIh
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Report: Retail electricity prices lowered over 30 years in Pennsylvania https://t.co/Jv0sKNwmSQ via @cumberlink
cumberlink.com
(The Center Square) – Utility rates are high, especially for electricity, but one expert says that when adjusted for inflation, Pennsylvanians are actually paying less now than they did nearly
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Forecast peak #electricity usage for June 23 in #PJM region: 160,494 MW at 4 p.m. (Eastern); total scheduled capacity 171,583 MW (data as of 6 a.m.)
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News like this makes state and PJM engagement on power demand forecasts even more important. With an Amazon data center out of the picture, will Lehigh Valley developer find another?
mcall.com
Amazon Web Services recently pulled out of negotiations to build a data center in one northern Northampton County community. Could another one take its place?
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This study is well done and very powerful. Competitive markets have delivered huge value to PA. Great work @johnrehanger - in 1996 and today.
🚨 NEW REPORT 🚨 Pennsylvanians have electricity offers today that are less than what they paid in 1996 thanks to competition! #EnergyChoice gives power to consumers. ⚡️💪 @PAHouseGOP @PASenateGOP @PaSenateDems @PaHouseDems
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PJM (appropriately) pushes backs on many of the falsehoods that are intentionally being spread by some. These issues are hard enough - we need to keep the conversation honest and civil. OPINION: Setting the record straight on New Jersey’s energy dilemma
njbiz.com
PJM Interconnection Senior Vice President Asim Haque points to rising demand, retiring plants and delayed supply – not grid operator missteps – when it comes to rising costs.
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"Lawmakers wisely forbid the electric distribution companies that serve homes and businesses from going behind the grid as the power producer for the data centers." Editorial: Ohio gets it right with utility reform https://t.co/vIuk2FTTDu via @toledonews
toledoblade.com
Every once in awhile, usually as Winston Churchill is reported to have said of America, “after they’ve tried everything else,” Ohio government gets ...
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Congrats to the @NJBPU on finally eliminating this unnecessary charge on consumer bills. $1.8 billion is a lot of money.
New Jersey ratepayers will save $300 million annually with the termination of ZEC charges to subsidize profitable nuclear power plants. It’s a win for market integrity, government transparency, and the ratepayers of NJ.
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While there has been a lot of focus on supply, policymakers really need to get a grasp on demand. A fraction of proposed data centers will get built. Utilities are wising up. https://t.co/pAYTcv6ZWS via @UtilityDive
utilitydive.com
One expert estimated that speculative interconnection requests were five to 10 times more than the number of actual data centers, but the scale of the problem remains elusive.
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💡New report: While utility prices rise across the U.S., power generation costs in @pjminterconnect remain flat thanks to competitive power markets. 🧵 Dig into the data from @nrgytariffxpert for EPSA: https://t.co/VuUAltvMAk
#energy #energycosts #powermarkets #PJM #electricity
epsa.org
New study finds rising electricity bills driven primarily by local utility infrastructure spending and state policy decisions—not power generation costs.
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What makes this story even more compelling is that Virginia was a power exporter in the early 2000's. Over the same period of time PA built an enormous surplus that VA is benefitting from significantly today. https://t.co/J9Lkvg42wz
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In PJM, it is really remarkable how much power VA imports and how much power PA exports. IRP vs Competitive Markets - which was has more successfully built generation to meet increasing demand? https://t.co/QqGXH3zo6u
eia.gov
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AI not only increasing demand but now also supply... PJM, Google & Tapestry Join Forces To Apply AI To Enhance Regional Planning, Generation Interconnection https://t.co/oqxhRKsXwN via @PJM Inside Lines
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@timelywriter notes that the facility will be the third largest generation station after Grand Coulee (BPA) and Vogtle making it the largest merchant facility in the US. Congrats Homer City and Indiana Country! #marketswork
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This is a really big deal. Coal-fired power plant, now retired, to become massive gas-powered campus for AI, data centers
apnews.com
What was once Pennsylvania’s biggest coal-fired power plant is being turned into a $10 billion natural gas-powered data center campus designed to capitalize on Big Tech's fast-growing energy demands.
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