PJM opposes waiver for $2B gas-fired plant in fast-track interconnection review

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The PJM Interconnection has told federal regulators that it opposes granting a waiver to a roughly $2-billion, gas-fired project in order for it to stay in the grid operator’s fast-track Reliability Resource Initiative interconnection review.

The issue centers on Advanced Power Services’ Chestnut Run power project in Carroll County, Ohio. Earlier this month, the Boston-based independent power producer, owned by ArcLight Capital Partners, asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a waiver from the PJM’s rules so it could reduce the project's maximum output to 1.45 GW from 1.3 GW and reduce its Capacity Interconnection Rights.

The RRI process, which initially drew 51 projects totaling about 11.8 GW, was designed for shovel-ready projects. It barred changes to a project’s size and its Capacity Interconnection Rights.

When Advanced Power applied to enter the RRI review process, it said it would use GE Vernova’s HA.03 turbine model and that the project would be operating by May 2030.