“Turn the lights off” is a common refrain in homes across America. But keeping the lights on is what PJM Interconnection, the regional transmission organization, attempts to do. PJM (standing for Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland) is the Mid-Atlantic states’ regional transmission organization. It acts like a traffic cop to facilitate the transfer of electricity across state borders.

Why should this organization and its actions matter? Because the prices of energy are rapidly rising for most of the 65 million people it serves. And, unfortunately, PJM’s role is growing — in the wrong direction. The organization is stifling the development of clean energy, setting the rules for the capacity market, forcing energy prices up and continuing to marginalize the voice of the very states it ser

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