Baltimore energy advocates press PJM over data center costs

Name: Baltimore energy advocates press PJM over data center costs
Uploaded: 2026-05-11T17:58:08.000Z
Duration: 31 s
Description: Energy advocates and lawmakers from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland are pressuring PJM grid managers at their annual meeting in Baltimore. They are demanding that data centers be required to pay for their own electricity infrastructure costs. The advocates argue that data centers should bear the full cost of their energy demands on the regional grid.

News Clip0:31WBAL Radio·Baltimore, Baltimore City County, MD·5/11/2026

Energy advocates and lawmakers from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland are pressuring PJM grid managers at their annual meeting in Baltimore. They are demanding that data centers be required to pay for their own electricity infrastructure costs. The advocates argue that data centers should bear the full cost of their energy demands on the regional grid.

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As PJM grid managers hold their annual meeting today in downtown Baltimore, energy advocates are making their own demands.

Namely, lawmakers from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland are calling for data centers to pay their own way.