Largest US Power Grid Issues Emergency Energy Alerts

The alerts follow a report released last month that predicted that parts of the country would face difficulties meeting electricity demand during the summer.
Largest US Power Grid Issues Emergency Energy Alerts
Electric power lines in El Segundo, Calif., on Aug. 31, 2022. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
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PJM Interconnection, which manages the electricity system serving 67 million people in 13 states and the District of Columbia, has issued emergency energy alerts amid expectations that hot summer weather will drive up power demand, the company said in a June 22 update.
The 13 states are Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.