EcoWatch: Adding more wind power to the grid in the PJM region--Mid-Atlantic power pool consisting of 13 states and Washington, DC--can lower gas and coal consumption and reduce regional wholesale energy market prices, saving nearly $7 billion per year by the mid-2020s, according to a new study conducted by Synapse Energy Economics on behalf of Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG).
The report found that doubling the wind generation already planned in the region would lower fuel costs and drive down...