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Grid on the Brink: PJM’s Record Auction Proves We Must Keep—and Build—More Coal Plants

Grid on the Brink: PJM’s Record Auction Proves We Must Keep—and Build—More Coal Plants
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There comes a point when even the most willfully blind must acknowledge what is plain to see. That point arrived quietly—but thunderously—on July 22, 2025, when PJM Interconnection, the grid operator for 65 million Americans across 13 states and the District of Columbia, released the results of its latest capacity auction.

Terry L. Headley
Terry L. Headley
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Terry L. Headley is president of The Headley Company.