PJM on Maximum Alert to Prevent Outages Amid Extreme Heat Wave

PJM Interconnection, the operator of the largest U. S. electric grid, has issued a maximum generation alert for July 3 asking power producers to maximize electricity generation amid soaring demand in the current extreme heat wave.

PJM had a Maximum Generation Alert and Load Management Alert in effect for July 2 across its footprint in the eastern U. S. and Midwest. These alerts have now been issued for the PJM footprint for July 3, too.