PJM's Power Auction Clears 6.8 Gigawatts Short Of Target
The grid operator serving 65 million people across 13 states secured 138,318 megawatts, still below what reliability for 2028 requires.
- PJM's 2028/2029 auction cleared 138,318 megawatts of generation and demand resources total.
- The clearing total sits 6,831 megawatts under PJM's own reliability requirement, per its release.
- PJM's July 14 release names historic data center growth as the shortfall's driver.
Why it matters: A market auction only certifies what already happened: data centers outran the supply built for everyone else.
PJM Interconnection news release ↗ · Jul 14, 20267/14/26 · ✓ Checked✓ Check