February 13, 2025--Written by Jill Sampson for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Regional transmission operators (RTOs) in the U.S. are adapting generation interconnection processes to keep up with forecasted load growth, retirement of thermal generators, balancing operational characteristics of generation fleets, the constraints of siting, permitting, approvals, and equipment supply chain challenges.

PJM is facing a typical generation supply problem because data center load is increasing and thermal generating plants are retiring, faster than new generation is being approved and built in its territories.