Two weeks ago, PJM Interconnection LLC shared an alert that many on social media turned intentionally or unintentionally into unnecessary scare posts. The organization, which manages the electric grid in 13 states, operates between the Atlantic and the Mississippi, and between Virginia’s southern border and Pennsylvania’s northern. Its mission lies in ensuring grid reliability while also keeping costs down as low as possible.
The alert was intended for certain select customers who had agreed to reduce their power consumption during peak times. This list ranges from residential to large commercial customers. They receive a benefit for the voluntary move. Also, PJM’s diligence prevented the need to ask all customers to swelter in the heat without benefit of sufficient air conditioning, as New York State asked its system customers to do.
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