The Consumer Advocates of the PJM States (CAPS) commissioned a handbook to help consumers, their advocates, and others improve their understanding of how transmission — one of the three primary components of the electric network — is developed and funded in the PJM Interconnection.
Consumer electric rates are rising across the region, raising alarms for consumer advocates. Increased investment in transmission infrastructure is one driver of these rising costs. But the complex laws and regulations that govern PJM, plus the wide variety of methodologies that utilities use to determine rates, make it difficult for consumers to understand exactly what they’re paying for and why.
The handbook is intended to: (1) demystify the transmission planning, development, and cost recovery processes, and (2) help advocates identify areas where additional transparency or process reform is needed to ensure PJM develops and maintains a cost-effective transmission network.
The handbook includes the following volumes:
- Volume 1: Executive Summary
- Volume 2: Background on the Electric Network, PJM, and PJM Members
- Volume 3: Electric Customer Bills
- Volume 4: Transmission Planning in PJM
- Volume 5: Transmission Siting in the PJM Region
- Volume 6: Transmission Project Costs and Charges
- Volume 7: Transmission Rate Cases in PJM
Click here to download the executive summary. And fill out the form below to view additional volumes.
Update December 2024: DGA published an update to the charts and graphs in the PJM Handbook. The update — which is based on the latest data available as of December 31, 2024 — aims to help consumer advoates, and others, stay on top of of the latest transmission cost trends.
Figures included in this update:
- Overall transmission costs in PJM since 2015
- Wholesale costs by category since 2018
- Baseline and supplemental transmission project costs since 2013
- State by state project investment since 2018
- Baseline and supplemental projects by voltage since 2018
- NITS and TEC rates by transmission zone since 2015
- Network service peak loads
Click here to view the update.
