2010 Report - Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Load-serving entities (LSEs) acquire capacity resources by entering into bilateral agreements,participating in the PJM-operated capacity market, owning generation, and/or pursuing loadmanagement options. The PJM generator interconnection process ensures that new capacityresources satisfy LSE requirements to reliably meet their obligations.All new generation, which anticipates interconnecting and operating in parallel with the PJMtransmission grid and participating in the PJM capacity and/or energy markets, must submit aninterconnection request to PJM. These requests are placed in queues, or waiting lists, for theperformance of feasibility studies and other technical reviews.Proposed new generating plants and increased capacity of existing plants located in Pennsylvaniatotal 20,688 MW through 2015. These facilities are either under study (active), underconstruction, partially in-service or in-service. Natural gas projects make up 61.5 percent ofqueued capacity. This additional capacity may be used to serve Pennsylvania customers or outof-statecustomers. See Figure 58. Appendix B provides the status of generator interconnectionrequests located in Pennsylvania.Figure 58 PJM queued generating capacity in Pennsylvania by fuel typeNatural Gas61.5%Coal5.4%Nuclear21.0%Solar0.8%Oil3.9%Hydro1.7%Other1.6%Biomass0.3%DieselWind 0.2%2.9%Methane0.7%The generating capacity located in Pennsylvania totals 46,568 MW. 73 As stated earlier, the outputof some of these facilities may serve loads outside of Pennsylvania. See Figure 59.The state’s 2009 aggregate non-coincident summer peak demand was 27,580 MW. In 2009,Pennsylvania’s net electric generation totaled 218,378 GWh, down 1.8 percent from 2008. Netgeneration from natural gas increased 55.7 percent from 2008. Pumped storage facilities used 56073 Electric Power Generation Association.Electric Power Outlook for Pennsylvania 2009-2014 71