The good news: PJM’s Kentucky footprint does not fall within that high risk category. The not-so-good news: the Kentucky grid operator does foresee potential shortfalls in the coming years.
"Later on into this decade, we are concerned about a supply crunch, concerned about resources leaving the system too quickly and new resources not finding their way onto the system at a rate to replace those resources leaving the system," said Hasim Haque with PJM. "And so that is the concept of do you have enough watts, do you have enough resources, do you have resource adequacy?"
The spokesman said grid operators are dealing with twin challenges — managing an energy transition at the same time new demands are being placed on systems.
Kentucky lawmakers, as they've done during previous energy hearings, pressed for continued use of the state’s fossil fuels, citing reliability and affordability.
