PJM Official Warns of Uncertainty If Members Exit Grid Operator

Current and former PJM Interconnection LLC officials warned states and utilities considering exiting the transmission organization over price volatility that such a decision would create more uncertainty for customers.

Craig Glazer, who coordinates all of PJM’s regulatory and legislative policies before Congress, and Vincent Duane, a former vice president at PJM, both urged caution on a panel at William & Mary Law School’s “Future of Energy” conference on Wednesday.

They warned entities considering a departure to avoid the chaos that could follow with an unbundling of the organization’s members. The comments come weeks after PJM’s CEO David Mills wrote in ...