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Dive Brief:
The PJM Interconnection may be “too big to function” and has an “unacceptable” governance structure, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Laura Swett said Tuesday at the grid operator’s annual meeting in Baltimore.
PJM, the largest U.S. grid operator, faces “a serious legitimacy crisis” as confidence in its decision-making has “completely eroded,” Swett said.
The crisis comes as PJM needs to add generation to its system as soon as possible to serve data centers, according to Swett. “This is not a time for weak leadership or to be crippled by fear — this is a time for difficult, history-making decisions that are not for the faint of heart, decisions that may leave many unhappy, decisions that may make or break part of a nation,” Swett said.
