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Message sent from the pjm-customer-info mailing list at pjm-customer-info@majordomo.pjm.com: < PJM SUCCESSFULLY MEETS < RECORD HIGH ELECTRICITY DEMANDS < Thanks public for conservation efforts < < (Valley Forge, PA - August 10, 2001) - With a six-day heat wave ending, PJM < Interconnection, LLC, the electric grid operator for the mid-Atlantic region, < today recognized the great efforts taken so the company could supply a week of < record-breaking electricity demands. < < "This week's accomplishment is testimony to how effective markets and < efficient operations work in harmony to reliably serve the electric customer," < said Phillip G. Harris, president and chief executive officer. "We greatly < appreciate the conservation steps taken by the public and for the support from < PJM's members, especially the generation owners who provided outstanding < performance, as well as state commissions and agencies." < < Harris paid special tribute to PJM employees, who worked tirelessly to ensure < a reliable supply of electricity to the more than 22 million customers in the < mid-Atlantic region. "Our ability to supply the record-breaking electricity < demand is a reflection of our talented, dedicated staff." Harris noted that < PJM's employees train, through simulation programs, for all types of < circumstances, which include the situation encountered this week. < < The area's intense heat wave drove system-wide electricity use to successive < all-time records -54,176 MW Thursday, 53,910 MW Wednesday and 53,464 MW < Tuesday. This week's electricity peak was more than 2,400 MW higher than the < peak experienced during the July 1999 severe heat wave. < < To maintain the region's electric supply in time of historic demand, PJM first < took steps that had the least impact on electricity customers. During periods < on several days this week, the company activated programs that included: < curtailment of industrial customers through incentive programs; implementation < of its pilot demand-side response program; request for back-up supply at < commercial locations; and request for voluntary curtailment at industrial < locations. On Thursday, the company directed its members to institute "voltage < reductions" - which equated to about a 2 to 3 percent decrease in electricity. < These electricity reductions, which are generally undetectable to the user, < assisted PJM in maintaining overall reliability of the region's electric grid < during its peak on Thursday. < < PJM, the country's only fully functioning regional transmission organization, < operates the world's largest competitive wholesale electricity market and one < of North America's largest power grids. The company currently coordinates a < pooled generating capacity of more than 58,000 megawatts and operates a < wholesale electricity market with more than 200 market buyers, sellers and < traders of electricity. PJM has administered more than $5 billion in energy < and energy service trades since the regional markets opened in 1997. More than < 70 nations have sent delegates to PJM to learn about the market model and the < operation of the grid in the mid-Atlantic states. < ############# Please DO NOT REPLY to this message. If you have a question for PJM Customer Relations and Training, please complete and submit this form: http://www.pjm.com/contact/questions.html To unsubscribe from this list, send an e-mail to majordomo@majordomo.pjm.com containing only the following line in the body of the e-mail: unsubscribe pjm-customer-info
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