Electricity prices across the PJM regional grid are projected to continue rising through 2030 as data center load growth strains transmission and generation capacity, The Morning Call reports. PJM serves roughly 65 million people across 13 states and Washington DC, making it the largest wholesale electricity market in North America. Rising prices in the region will affect both residential ratepayers and commercial customers competing for power with large data center operators.
Sustained price increases through 2030 in the PJM footprint affect a larger share of US data center supply than any other single grid operator, given the concentration of facilities in Northern Virginia and the mid-Atlantic. If prices rise as projected, colocation operators and hyperscalers face materially higher operating costs, potentially shifting siting decisions toward less congested regions.
Specific time horizon through 2030, named grid operator PJM, and documented price trajectory triggered selection. This story adds new regional pricing data not covered in the already-published list, which addressed Ohio ratepayer costs and general utility capital plans but not PJM-wide price forecasts.