More pressure on the power grid

This is excellent. The more this fouls up now the sooner we get an act to manage the grid.

2 Likes

The PJM interconnection serves Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and parts of other states including the Chicago area in northern Illinois.

undefined

Image from here.

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

It can be noted that every nuclear power plant in the country is currently on-line and producing power. The large majority of the plants are at or near 100% power output. The new Unit 3 at Vogtle is currently at 46% power, still undergoing startup testing. See NRC reactor status report below for July 27.

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/event-status/reactor-status/2023/20230727ps.html

  • Pete
6 Likes