1. Transmission Planning at PJM Interconnection LLC
Paul McGlynn
Director, System Planning
PJM Interconnection

2. PJM as Part of the Eastern Interconnection
27% of generation in Eastern Interconnection
28% of load in Eastern Interconnection
20% of transmission assets in Eastern Interconnection
KEY STATISTICS
PJM member companies millions of people served peak load in megawatts 165,492 MWs of generating capacity 183,604 miles of transmission lines 62, GWh of annual energy 793,679 generation sources ,376 square miles of territory 243,417 area served states + DC externally facing tie lines
21% of U.S. GDP produced in PJM
As of 6/1/2013

3. PJM Backbone Transmission System

4. Total RTEP

5. RTEP Development Drivers

6. Transmission Drivers - Public Policy
Generation Retirement Drivers
EPA Regulations
HEDD Regulations
Other Environmental Regulations
Generation Addition Drivers
Renewable Portfolio Standards
Wind Generation Development
Solar Generation Development
Marcellus Shale
Demand Response / Energy Efficiency Programs

7. Generation Retirement Announcements
As of 7/15/2013

8. Generation Deactivations
The PJM Board of Managers approved approximately $2.4 Billion in transmission upgrades in 2012 to address transmission issues related to the recent generator deactivation notices
43 projects in the Mid-Atlantic area of PJM
21 projects in the Southern area of PJM
137 projects in PJM West
Over $1 Billion in the ATSI transmission zone
Over$500 Million in AEP

9. Forecasted Reserves in PJM

10. Load Deliverability Test
Test -- Transmission system’s capability to deliver energy from aggregate of all capacity resources to an electrical area experiencing a capacity deficiency.
PJM©2013
11/13/2018

11. Generator Deliverability Test
Strength of the transmission system to ensure that the aggregate of generators in a given area can be reliably transferred to the rest of PJM.
PJM©2013
11/13/2018

12. Changing Composition of PJM Resources
The “Gasification” of PJM continues…

13. Composition of Active Queue Projects
MW Capacity Value
MW Energy Value

14. Queued Generation

15. RPS Study Overlay

16. Questions?