🌿 Environment Jul 2, 2026 · Diana DiGangi

PJM anticipates new peak demand record as heat wave tests power grid

Utility Dive
Utility industry news
View Channel →
PJM anticipates new peak demand record as heat wave tests power grid
Source ↗ 👁 1 💬 0
PJM says Thursday’s demand could break its 2006 summer hourly integrated record peak of 165,563 MW. The grid operator has recieved approval to curtail data centers and other large loads “as a last resort.”

Comments (0)

Sign in to join the discussion

More Like This

'Very dangerous' super typhoon nears US Pacific islands
Earth News - Earth Science News, Earth Science, Climate Change · 4d ago
'This was something new': What people in Greenland told us about learning to live with wildfires
Earth News - Earth Science News, Earth Science, Climate Change · 4d ago
Trump victorious in legal battle to erase climate change and slavery signs from national parks
EHN · 5d ago
Australia welcomes draft UNESCO decision to keep Great Barrier Reef off danger list
EHN · 5d ago
Extreme heat is not an equal-opportunity killer
EHN · 5d ago
Trump pardons violators of the Clean Air Act
EHN · 5d ago