States threaten to leave PJM without expanded role in grid operator

States should ask PJM to consult with the Organization of PJM States Inc., which represents state utility commissions, before the grid operator makes resource adequacy-related proposals at FERC, according to Kent Chandler, a senior fellow at the R Street Institute, a public policy think thank based in Washington, D.C., and former member of the Kentucky Public Service Commission.

If OPSI doesn’t like PJM’s proposal, the group could file an alternate proposal to be filed alongside the PJM plan, he said.

“It would provide … real ownership from the states,” Chandler said. “It would keep them from sniping from the sideline, and it would say, ‘Put your money where your mouth is. If you have issues with our proposal, come up with your own.’”