Jun. 22 at 11:14 PM
PJM Interconnection, which serves about 20% of Americans in the mid-Atlantic to the Midwest, declared an energy emergency alert in anticipation of tight conditions on the 13-state system as electricity demand is set to top 160 gigawatts on June 23, which would be the highest peak since July 2011 (14-yr high)
One megawatt is typically enough to power 800 homes in PJM.
The Eastern US grid operator also called a “maximum generation emergency” to shore up supplies.
Monday is expected to be the 3rd day of a week-long heat wave in the Washington, DC area. Nearby, temps are expected to reach 99 F (37 C), 15 above normal, in Northern Virginia, the data center capital of the world
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