Competitive markets can bring new generation to the grid while keeping investment risk with investors rather than shifting it to customers, writes Todd Snitchler, president and CEO of the Electric Power Supply Association.
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PJM Market Continues to Signal Need for More Generation: Breaking Down the 2028/2029 BRA Results
PJM’s latest capacity auction highlights growing electricity demand driven by data center growth, reinforcing the need for additional power generation as competitive suppliers continue investing in new projects to support future reliability.
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Powering Growth While Protecting Ratepayers: What State Utility Regulators Need to Know
State utility regulators can support reliable, affordable electricity by preserving competitive markets, removing barriers to new generation, improving demand forecasting, and ensuring investment risk remains with private investors rather than ratepayers.
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Competitive Investment Underway in PJM Region as Auction Prices Again Reflect Growing Electric Demand
The 2028/29 PJM capacity auction results reflect rising electricity demand and reinforce that competitive markets are driving billions of dollars in private investment in new generation, while emphasizing the need to speed interconnection, permitting, and market reforms to bring additional power online.
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At DC PSC Hearing, Stakeholders Grapple With Rising Electricity Costs and the Need for New Supply
At a recent DC Public Service Commission hearing on rising electricity costs, stakeholders emphasized that growing demand will require significant new generation and infrastructure investment, while highlighting the role of competitive markets in attracting private capital, protecting consumers from investment risk, and maintaining reliability and affordability across PJM.
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Adding Power Without Building New Power Plants: How Power Plant Owners Can Optimize Existing Capacity
Rising U.S. electricity demand is driving competitive power suppliers to rapidly expand capacity by upgrading existing power plants through uprates, fuel conversions, reactivations, and hybridization, enabling faster and more cost-effective grid reliability improvements than building new generation.
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