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Power plant outages surge in Eastern US amid restricted gas supplies
- WarOnPrivacy 8mo agoper grid operator PJM Interconnection: PJM's outages are higher than the grid planned, Mul added, saying there is less flexibility in the PJM system than a few years ago because of power plant retirements and a surge in demand from data centers. In the above statement, PJM indicates that plant retirements are a primary driver of 'less flexibility' and these outages. But we also have renewable sources that can't get connected to the grid - which seems like an odd problem to have in the face of plant retirements. connecting new energy projects to the grid, known as interconnection, has become a major bottleneck, slowing the deployment of new renewable energy sources. ref: https://www.cfr.org/articles/us-interconnection-challenge-why-renewables-are-stuck-line https://www.cfr.org/articles/us-interconnection-challenge-wh...