McAvoy: PJM base residual auction capacity prices are at all-time highs
Sean McAvoy · Battery booms and the rise of flexibility [partner content] · Mar 30, 2026 · at 12:37
Sean McAvoy, executive at GridBeyond, discusses why energy storage developers are shifting focus to the PJM Interconnection grid.
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“If you look at like PJM and you see what's happening at PJM right now, the prices are going sky high, capacity prices in the The base residual auctions are at an all-time high”
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