PJM is a regional transmission group that is in the wholesale electricity business. First Energy, which serves most of the Valley, buys electricity from the group.

Wednesday morning saw a record winter demand for electricity across the multistate regional electrical grid that includes Pennsylvania, but utilities serving western Pennsylvania said they’ve seen no power interruptions or widespread issues.

Power grid operator PJM Interconnection on Wednesday said it hit a preliminary record for winter demand with a peak load of 145,000 megawatts (MW), while also exporting 8,000 MW, driven by extreme cold nationwide.

Pennsylvanians could face higher electricity bills if federal regulators don’t force the state’s grid operator to fix a “broken process” that artificially affects supply, Gov. Josh Shapiro’s

Gov. Josh Shapiro is pushing back against a surge in home electricity costs that will hit Philadelphia residents along with 65 million ratepayers in the Mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes regions, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.

U.S. spot natural gas and power prices soared to multi-year highs in several parts of the country with extreme cold expected to

The state's utilities commission is warning residents about the forecast of extremely cold temperatures for early this week, which is expected to drive up peak demand for

Pennsylvanians could face higher electricity bills if federal regulators don’t force the state’s grid operator to fix a “broken process” that artificially affects supply, Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administr

The U.S. spot gas and electricity prices have risen to multi-year heights in many parts of the nation. Extreme cold is expected

PJM Interconnection, a power grid operator in the United States, said on Wednesday that it had set a preliminary winter record with a peak load exceeding

PJM Interconnection saw prices for the energy it sells to utilities skyrocket this summer. At least one major Pennsylvania utility company is warning that monthly bills may rise by $15 this year ...

PJM Interconnection LLC, the regional transmission organization for 13 states and the District of Columbia, Tuesday issued a Maximum Generation Alert and Load Management Alert for today due to continued cold conditions across much of