Are You a Customer of PJM? Its Capacity Auction Will Affect Your Electricity Prices in 2026

Inside Climate News · By Rambo Talabong · last updated July 20, 2025 – 1:03 AM

Surging data center demand and sluggish clean energy growth are converging as PJM, the pivotal power grid operator, awaits capacity auction results.

By Rambo Talabong

Skyrocketing electricity prices this summer may just be the start of something big for the 65 million residents relying on PJM Interconnection, the largest power grid operator in the United States.

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