Trump is taking aim at a power grid operator in a bid to bring electricity costs down
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Trump is taking aim at a power grid operator in a bid to bring electricity costs down
""Make no mistake, if PJM, this faceless bureaucratic organization that is driving prices up on the American people, does not change, and does not reflect what we are putting forth here today, Pennsylvania will be forced to act, and forced to go at it alone," Gov. Josh Shapiro said at an event for the announcement, according to Politico."
""We don't have a lot to say on this," PJM spokesman Jeffrey Shields told Bloomberg on Thursday. "We were not invited to the event they are apparently having tomorrow and we will not be there.""
"According to a release from the Department of Interior, a "coalition of leading technology companies" has committed to funding new generation capacity, though no companies are named."
The Trump administration and a coalition of northeastern governors urged PJM Interconnection to hold a new power auction to shift costs for new generation onto major technology companies building AI data centers. The Department of Interior release reported a "coalition of leading technology companies" committed to funding new generation capacity, though no companies were named. Policy requests include 15-year revenue certainty for new plants, caps on charges from existing plants, and a requirement that data centers pay for new plants built on their behalf. PJM operates across 13 states in the mid-Atlantic and parts of the Midwest. PJM representatives did not attend the announcement and PJM stated it was reviewing the principle.
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