Tensions with PJM Interconnection have escalated after the grid operator dismissed legislators’ concerns about rising prices.

By Aman Azhar

Maryland lawmakers are leading a multistate, bipartisan effort to insulate ratepayers from the anticipated electricity price hikes as PJM Interconnection, the grid operator servicing 13 states and the District of Columbia, draws up proposals for investing hundreds of billions of dollars in grid upgrades, primarily to accommodate the load growth from new data centers.

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