PJM Interconnection joins national GridEx drill event

PJM Interconnection joins national GridEx drill event

PJM Interconnection, which oversees the power grid to 13 states (including New Jersey) and the District of Columbia, practiced its ability to respond to a system-wide crisis in the recent GridEx exercise, a two-day simulation of emergency events involving grid operators from throughout North America that is held every two years. The international grid security drill is directed by the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (E-ISAC).…