PJM Interconnection, the nation's largest grid operator serving the mid-Atlantic region, has urged power plant operators, utilities, investors, and consumers to pursue wholesale electricity market reforms. The call comes as data center demand has created unprecedented strain on the region's power supply capacity, prompting scrutiny of whether current market structures can meet future energy needs.

PJM Interconnection, the nation's largest power grid operator, is warning power plant operators, investors, utilities, and consumers that the region's wholesale electricity market needs structural reforms to meet unprecedented demand from expanding data centers. The utility, which serves the Philadelphia area and surrounding regions, has come under scrutiny as record electricity demand strains existing capacity.