DOE orders Constellation to delay retiring 760 MW to ease PJM ‘emergency’

Energy Department Blocks Closure of Power Generation Units

The Department of Energy (DOE) issued an emergency order on May 31 that directs power grid operator PJM Interconnection to continue running two fossil fuel power generation units beyond their scheduled end date in a bid to safeguard electric grid reliability, the agency said in a May 31 statement. PJM, which administers the largest power grid in North America, manages the electric system that provides power to 67 million people across 13 states …

DOE orders Constellation to delay retiring 760 MW to ease PJM ‘emergency’

The U.S. Department of Energy partly based its action on a PJM Interconnection warning that it may need to call on demand response resources to keep the lights on under extreme conditions this summer.

E&E News: DOE orders Pennsylvania power plant to delay closure

Constellation Energy's Eddystone gas- and oil-burning generator south of Philadelphia was deemed necessary for electric reliability this summer.