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Electricity Grid Overseer Declares Level 1 Emergency to Combat Heat

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By Vince Conti

COURT HOUSE – The region’s grid transmission organization, PJM Interconnection, has declared a level one energy emergency alert due to the heat wave that is scorching the East Coast. PJM oversees the eastern U.S.’s electrical grid comprising 13 states, including New Jersey.

The alert calls on all power plants in the region to operate at full capacity to prevent power disruption to 65 million users.

Vince Conti

Reporter

vconti@cmcherald.com

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Vince Conti is a reporter for the Cape May County Herald.

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