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Story summary
- PJM Interconnection, serving 67 million people in 13 states and Washington, D.C., projects a winter peak of 144,465 megawatts on January 27, surpassing 143,700 megawatts.
- The surge follows an Arctic cold front bringing sub-zero temperatures to much of the eastern United States.
- PJM has an operational capacity of 180,800 megawatts to meet the projected peak.
- PJM confirms it can manage the peak despite rising demand from AI data centers.
