PJM faces potential reliability crisis by 2030 if data center demand surges, study warns

A Pennsylvania PUC-commissioned report models worst-case grid reliability failures in PJM territory under continued data center growth, projecting more than 13 days annually of rolling blackouts versus current planning standards.

First covered Sep 15, 2026 · 7:26 AM PT · 1 article · no longer in the live window

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11d Utility Dive PJM’s reliability could start failing by 2030 if data center growth continues: report — In a worst-case scenario, the modeled loss of load expectation is “over 100 times worse than PJM’s planning criterion,” indicating an expectation of “more than…

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