Influx of renewables has regional operator planning for future electric grid in Pennsylvania
There are nearly 700 Pennsylvania projects waiting in PJM’s queue. Most are solar projects.
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PJM Will File Interconnection Queue Reform Proposal at FERC in May 2022
On April 27, 2022, members of the PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (“PJM”) Members Committed voted in favor of a suite of tariff reforms that PJM states…
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PJM Members Endorse Plans To Revamp and Improve the Generation Interconnection Process
/PRNewswire/ -- PJM Interconnection members have overwhelmingly endorsed plans to speed up generation interconnection requests, improve project cost certainty,...
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With Solar On The Rise, Some Worry Panels Will Be Harmful. Scientists Say Fears Have Been Disproven
Rachel McDevitt / StateImpact Pennsylvania Solar sounds scary to people in Adams County who don’t want to see a proposed project built in their neighborhood. Todd McCauslin, who leads a group opposing the Brookview solar project from Florida-based NextEra Energy Resources, has spent the last year trying to research the impacts. What he’s found has him worried that the 500 acres of solar panels will destroy local ecosystems, raise area temperatures, and that heavy metals in the solar panels will leach out and contaminate the soil and water. These concerns aren’t unique to McCauslin ...
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Pa. is on the cusp of a solar energy boom. Some communities want to fight it
WHYY By Rachel McDevitt, StateImpact PennsylvaniaDecember 23, 2020 The Nittany 1 Solar Farm, seen here from outside protective fencing in Lurgan Township, Franklin County on Nov. 24, 2020. (Rachel McDevitt/StateImpact Pennsylvania) This story originally appeared on StateImpact Pennsylvania. ___ About a year ago, Dan Brockett’s phone started ringing with calls from people asking for advice on solar developers who wanted to lease their land. At first, the Penn State Extension educator thought it might be a scam. He wondered if Pennsylvania even gets enough sun to make solar energy worth it. B...
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