Electric Power Outlook - Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Figure 35 PJM service area in Pennsylvania
Load-serving entities (LSEs) acquire capacity resources by entering into bilateral agreements,
participating in the PJM-operated capacity market, owning generation, and/or pursuing load
management options. The PJM generator interconnection process ensures that new capacity
resources satisfy LSE requirements to reliably meet their obligations.
All new generation, which anticipates interconnecting and operating in parallel with the PJM
transmission grid and participating in the PJM capacity and/or energy markets, must submit an
interconnection request to PJM. These requests are placed in queues for the performance of
feasibility studies and other technical reviews.
Proposed new generating plants and increased capacity of existing plants located in Pennsylvania
total 7,795 MW through 2018. These facilities are either under study (active), under
construction, partially in-service or in-service. Natural gas projects make up over 40 percent of
queued capacity. This additional capacity may be used to serve Pennsylvania customers or outof-state
customers. See Figure 36. 69 Appendix B lists the current PJM interconnection requests
for new generating resources located in Pennsylvania.
69 Ibid., p. 393.
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