PJM issues maximum generation, load management alerts for July 2 across service areas

- PJM, the largest U.S. electric grid operator, said on Thursday it had issued a maximum generation alert and a load management alert across its service area for July 2.

A maximum generation alert asks transmission and generation owners to defer or cancel equipment maintenance or testing, while a load management alert provides advance notice of possible load-management actions, including Pre-Emergency and Emergency Demand Response.

The grid operator also said a hot weather alert remains in effect for the entire region PJM serves through at least July 3. PJM serves about 67 million people in the Mid-Atlantic, South and Washington, D.C. areas.