{"id":1543076,"date":"2025-06-22T19:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T23:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1543076"},"modified":"2025-06-22T19:45:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T23:45:00","slug":"maximum-generation-alert-issued-for-nations-largest-power-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/maximum-generation-alert-issued-for-nations-largest-power-grid\/1543076\/","title":{"rendered":"“Maximum Generation Alert” Issued for Nation’s Largest Power Grid"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Maximum Generation Alert” Issued for Nation’s Largest Power Grid<\/span><\/p>\n

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A massive heat dome<\/strong> is driving temperatures to the high 90s or even into triple-digit territory across more than three dozen states\u2014from the Plains to the Mid-Atlantic and New England<\/a>\u2014threatening to strain the nation’s largest power grid through midweek<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

PJM Interconnection, the operator of the largest U.S. power grid serving 65 million people across 13 states and D.C., has issued a “Maximum Generation Alert<\/strong>” for Monday,\u00a0ordering all available power generation to run at\u00a0full capacity to ensure power demand is met during peak hours amid tightening conditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Why the alert? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Persistent heat across PJM’s 13-state region is pushing demand to summer highs.<\/em><\/p>\n

What PJM did: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Issued a Maximum Generation Alert and NERC EEA-1 for June 23 \u2013 a heads-up that every available generator may be called to run at full output. <\/em><\/p>\n

Simultaneously issued a Load Management Alert to prep demand-response resources (both non-emergency and emergency).<\/em><\/p>\n

Who needs to act?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Generators \/ transmission owners \u2013 defer routine maintenance or testing so units stay online; be ready for possible export curtailments. <\/em><\/p>\n

Neighboring grids \u2013 warned that PJM exports could be limited. <\/em><\/p>\n

Retail customers \u2013 no action required unless a formal demand-response event is later declared.<\/em><\/p>\n

Load forecast (entire RTO):<\/strong><\/p>\n

June 23: ~160 GW <\/em><\/p>\n

June 24: ~158 GW <\/em><\/p>\n

June 25: ~155 GW<\/em><\/p>\n

“This alert was issued in anticipation of tight conditions on the 13-state system as electricity demand is set to top 160 gigawatts on the afternoon of June 23, which would be the highest peak since July 2011<\/strong>,” Bloomberg wrote in a note, adding,\u00a0“The Eastern US grid operator also called a “maximum generation emergency” to shore up supplies<\/strong>.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

In its 6\u201310 day temperature outlook map, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center forecasts above-average temperatures across much of the eastern half of the U.S. through the end of the month.<\/p>\n

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Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York could experience mercury rising above 100\u00b0F for a few days through Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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None of this should come as a surprise to readers<\/strong>: we’ve extensively covered PJM’s repeated warnings<\/a>, shared a Goldman Sachs note highlighting that the grid is “getting critically tight<\/a>,” and urged those at risk to consider adding backup power generation at home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSun, 06\/22\/2025 – 15:45<\/span><\/p>\n

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