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PJM Just Told Data Centers to Bring Their Own Power — and That Changes Everything About Wholesale Pricing
9/16/2026
The wholesale electricity market has a new price signal, and it's coming from the interconnection queue, not the trading floor. PJM Interconnection — the grid operator covering 65 million people from New Jersey to Illinois — filed a proposal with FERC that reframes the fundamenta…
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