Janis: RMI study shows GETs unlock over 6 GW on PJM grid
Brian Janous · New demand is straining the grid. Here’s how to tackle it. · Mar 6, 2024 · at 14:33
Brian Janis, former energy executive at Microsoft and advisor to Line Vision, discusses the quantifiable benefits of deploying grid-enhancing technologies (GETs) on existing transmission networks.
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“There was a great RMI study that just came out very recently that looked at the PJM system and determined that you could unlock in excess of six gigawatts of extra capacity, and this is, I mean, PJM's a 90 gigawatt system, so six gigawatts is not nothing. That's pretty substantial and this is for an investment of about a hundred million dollars that would return annually in excess of a billion dollars to rate payers.”
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