The Department of Energy has authorized PJM Interconnection to draw on additional power generation through Friday, Oct. 16, as unseasonably warm October temperatures push electricity demand higher while plants and transmission lines sit offline for maintenance.
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Remember last summer’s “grid emergency”? Demand spiked, alarms blared, a breeze rolled in, everyone forgot. This one’s different. October isn’t a heat crisis — it’s a scheduling crisis. Plants went offline for maintenance because the calendar said so, not the thermometer. The weather broke the paperwork. That’s not bad luck. That’s neglect with a deadline.
