PJM’s big new data center plan: Make the states figure it out

AI justification

Plan lacks binding mechanisms to protect equity or climate goals, risking systemic harm. | The plan represents a partial acknowledgment of energy equity concerns but fails to establish robust federal safeguards. By deferring to states, it risks creating a patchwork of policies that may disproportionately burden low-income customers and delay climate action. The absence of binding mechanisms to enforce cost-sharing or renewable integration undermines its ethical coherence.