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ACEG Transmission Time Webinar: Taking a Holistic Approach to Transmission in PJM
May 6 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Recently, PJM Interconnection took a major leap forward by approving a $6.7 billion Regional Transmission Expansion Plan (RTEP). The expansion plan includes a $4.6 billion high-voltage transmission backbone to strengthen regional power transfer capacity and interconnect new cost-effective resources, just in time to support an expected 29.6 GW of new load that is expected to come on to the PJM system in the next 5 years. Bolstering its transmission system will support economic development, as well as have major cost and reliability benefits for customers across the PJM region.
Additionally, PJM is being more ambitious than ever in proposing multiple projects throughout the region to increase reliability and access low-cost energy, such as the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project and a line that would connect substations in West Virginia and Maryland developed by FirstEnergy.
Panelists on the webinar broke down the challenges associated with transmission development in PJM and what led to this recent breakthrough. They further discussed why RTEP is so important for customers, highlighted the benefits and challenges of current transmission projects in the region, and dove into what more can be done to bolster the grid in PJM and across the country.
Featured speakers included:
- Timothy Burdis – PJM
- Dale Arnold – Ohio Farm Bureau
- Tom Rutigliano – NRDC
- Commissioner Michael Richard – Maryland PSC
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