“BALTIMORE – PJM Interconnection, LLC’s rules for assigning regional transmission costs driven by data centers violate the Federal Power Act and will unfairly inflate Marylanders’ electric bills, the Maryland Office of People’s Counsel said in a complaint today filed at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
Of $22 billion in transmission project costs advanced over the last three years through PJM’s competitive regional transmission procurement windows, PJM’s rules for allocating these costs have unlawfully assigned Maryland customers responsibility for $2 billion in capital expenditures—costs that will be recovered in rates for decades and that will drive up Maryland customer bills by $1.6 billion over the next ten years alone, OPC’s complaint states…
OPC’s complaint—supported by a detailed expert’s affidavit—explains how PJM’s methodology creates severe financial consequences for Maryland ratepayers.”