Initial System Impact Study Results for 300+
Projects Posted to New PJM.com Page
VALLEY
FORGE, Pa., May 20, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- PJM announced today the completion of Phase I
System Impact Studies for 306 proposed generation projects as part
of Transition Cycle #1 of PJM's new interconnection process.
Project developers now have 30 days to decide whether to proceed
with their new service requests into the next study phase of
Transition Cycle #1, which will begin June
20. The projects that are part of this transition cycle are
expected to clear PJM's study process and be ready for construction
by mid-2025.
Separately, another 306 projects have previously qualified for
an Expedited Process, or "fast lane," with Final Agreements to be
issued throughout 2024.
"This is another critical milestone for PJM's widely supported
interconnection process reform," said Aftab
Khan, Executive Vice President – Operations, Planning and
Security. "New service requests for generation resources are moving
through our process as designed and promised, with more than
200,000 MW of projects to be studied over the next two years to
help states advance their energy policy goals."
New Webpage Created To Share Study Results and Request
Status
The Phase I Study process will help developers evaluate whether
their projects are economically viable. The Phase I Study results
for the Transition Cycle #1 projects have been posted to a new
webpage. The results posted include an overall report for this
cluster of projects, as well as individual studies for each
project.
Similar to PJM's legacy Service Request Status page, projects
can be filtered by fuel type and location, but now additional
details about each project can be expanded into pop-up
mini-dashboard windows. The new page also highlights PJM's move
away from a queue-based study process to its current cycle-based
process.
The legacy serial-study based page continues to provide
information about projects that were part of PJM's legacy
interconnection queue.
New Interconnection Process To Continue With Start of Cycle
#2 in June
The cutoff date for Transition Cycle #2 applications is also
expected to be announced June 20,
with an anticipated deadline of December
16.
In total, PJM expects to process about 72,000 MW in projects by
mid-2025 and 230,000 MW over the next three years; over 90% of
those projects are renewable or storage.
PJM's interconnection process reform, widely supported by
stakeholders, was approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission in November 2022 and went
into effect in July 2023. The
reforms, developed in collaboration with stakeholders, provide an
efficient and timely process for handling New Service Requests by,
among other changes, transitioning from a "first-come,
first-served" queue approach to a "first-ready, first-served" cycle
approach.
PJM continues to provide updates on study progress at the
monthly public meetings of the Interconnection Process
Subcommittee.
Since the new interconnection process was implemented in July,
734 projects were eligible to be evaluated in the first step. Of
those, 118 either dropped out of the process or did not post
sufficient readiness requirements by the due date, clearing the
queue of projects that were less certain to be developed but still
requiring the same time and resources from PJM.
The remaining projects fell into either the Expedited Process or
Transition Cycle #1 as outlined above.
PJM Interconnection, founded in 1927, ensures the reliability
of the high-voltage electric power system serving 65 million people
in all or parts of Delaware,
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New
Jersey, North Carolina,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West
Virginia and the District of
Columbia. PJM coordinates and directs the operation of the
region's transmission grid, which includes 88,115 miles of
transmission lines; administers a competitive wholesale electricity
market; and plans regional transmission expansion improvements to
maintain grid reliability and relieve congestion. PJM's regional
grid and market operations produce annual savings of $3.2 billion to $4 billion. For the
latest news about PJM, visit PJM Inside Lines at
insidelines.pjm.com.
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