Duke Energy Ohio, Kentucky join PJM Interconnection, effective midnight Jan. 1
VALLEY FORGE, Pennsylvania
,
January 4, 2012
(press release)
– Regional Operations Strengthen Reliability, Coordination and Competition
1993
PJM
as of May 31, 2011
PJM
with ATSI & CPP
PJM
with Duke OH & KY
Key Statistics
Millions of people served
22
54
58
60.1
All-time peak demand
46,429
144,644
158,448
163,848
Generating capacity in megawatts
55,575
167,362
180,400
185,600
Miles of transmission lines
6,821
56,750
61,200
62,591
Square miles of territory
48,700
168,500
211,000
214,000
At midnight Eastern Time, Jan. 1, PJM Interconnection successfully assumed operational control of the transmission systems of Duke Energy Ohio, Inc. and Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc., both subsidiaries of Duke Energy Corporation, and began administering open, competitive wholesale electricity markets in those areas.
With the integrations, PJM’s all-time peak demand would have been 163,848 megawatts (MW). PJM now includes 185,600 MW of generating capacity and more than 62,000 miles of transmission lines. The generators in PJM can produce more electricity than Canada and Mexico combined.
Statistics for PJM with the addition of Duke Energy Ohio and Kentucky are in the table below.
(PJM Interconnection Association formed)
PJM Interconnection, founded in 1927, ensures the reliability of the high-voltage electric power system serving 60 million people in all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. PJM coordinates and directs the operation of the region’s transmission grid, which includes 62,000 miles of transmission lines; administers a competitive wholesale electricity market; and plans regional transmission expansion improvements to maintain grid reliability and relieve congestion.
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