The US's largest wholesale electricity organisation PJM has claimed that the grid would still be stable without preserving coal and nuclear plants. In a report, the power operator stated that government intervention would not be necessary, after the Trump administration has shown interest in utilising emergency powers to provide power plants with subsidies as a matter of national security. PJM's CEO Andrew Ott suggested that planned plant closures for 2021-22 would not cause disruption and Trump's critics feel that any measures would upset competitive markets. PJM has offered a proposal to FERC that would change how power providers are compensated as the grid transitions to more natural gas and renewables, rewarding sources that can provide reliable and resilient service. However, some analysts have questioned whether such an approach could actually work.
The US's largest wholesale electricity organisation PJM has claimed that the grid would still be stable without preserving coal and nuclear plants. In a report, the power operator stated that government intervention would not be necessary, after the Trump administration has shown interest in utilising emergency powers to provide power plants with subsidies as a matter of national security. PJM's CEO Andrew Ott suggested that planned plant closures for 2021-22 would not cause disruption and Trump's critics feel that any measures would upset competitive markets. However, some analysts have questioned whether such an approach could actually work.