By Laila Kearney

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Governors of more than a quarter of U.S. states are pushing for greater influence over the country’s biggest power grid — PJM Interconnection — where electricity prices are surging as demand driven by AI data centers outpaces the connection of new supplies.

Rising power bills in PJM, which operates the grid covering 13 states and the District of Columbia, or one in five Americans, have led to a political backlash over the last year and threats by some governors to abandon the regional grid.

The group of state leaders plans to announce the “PJM Governors’ Collaborative” on Monday during a summit in Philadelphia to advocate for their interests in PJM, a member-run organization in which states do not have a vote, according to a person familiar with the

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