PJM rejects calls to further delay 2019 capacity auction, looks to FERC to back decision

Washington — PJM Interconnection will proceed with its 2019 capacity auction in August under existing market rules, absent guidance from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to the contrary, PJM CEO Andy Ott said Wednesday.

Several PJM states and member companies had urged the grid operator to further delay the auction, already pushed back from May, until mid-April 2020 to ease significant market uncertainty created by …