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PJM Generation Asset Monitor Update | Capacity News

2025-02-03 · 00:00 UTC ·ESAI Power ·1 min read

Brief

The January 2025 PJM Generation Asset Monitor tracks interconnection queues, commercial start dates and retirements across PJM, MISO, NYISO and ISO‑NE. Highlights: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Gans Solar Farm began commercial operations in November 2024; Homer City will demolish a 2,012 MW coal plant in Q1 2025 and repower to natural gas (two‑year repower; interconnection rights unclear); PJM will terminate its RMR with NRG for Indian River Unit 4 on 24 February 2025. ESAI publishes GAM monthly.

Why it matters

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Gans Solar Farm commenced commercial operations in November 2024.

Key details

  • Homer City plans to demolish its retired 2,012 MW coal plant in Q1 2025 and repower the units with natural gas; repowering is expected to take two years after demolition and interconnection rights are currently unclear.
  • PJM will terminate its Reliability Must Run (RMR) agreement with NRG for Indian River Unit 4 effective 24 February 2025.
Source evidence

PJM Generation Asset Monitor Update | Capacity News

This update provides a high-level overview of our January 2025 PJM Generation Asset Monitor (GAM) report and database. The PJM GAM tracks the Interconnection queues for additions, forecasts plant retirements and plants deemed at risk of retirement, and provides an outlook for the timeline of renewable generation projects in PJM, MISO, NYISO and ISO-NE.

** PJM GAM** Update includes:

  • Status of all projects with active generator interconnection queues in PJM.
  • Listing of facilities that have commenced commercial operations.
  • Facilities that have started construction.
  • Retirements, including units added to PJM’s Deactivation list or with revisions to their deactivation date.

Here are some highlights from the recent PJM GAM.

Additions

  • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Gans Solar Farm commenced commercial operations in November, 2024.

  • Homer City plans to Repower. Homer City Redevelopment expects to demolish retired 2,012 MW coal plant in Q1 2025, and repower the units with natural gas. The owner expects the repowering project to take two years after the coal-fired units are demolished. At this point, it is unclear if the developer has interconnection rights.

Retirements

  • Last December, PJM announced that its existing Reliability Must Run (RMR) agreement with NRG for the continued operation of Indian River Unit 4 will be terminated on February 24, 2025. Prior to this announcement, PJM anticipated that this RMR agreement

ESAI Power publishes the full

monthly as part of our Benchmark Energy Research. The GAM covers MISO, PJM, NYISO and ISO-New England. ClickGeneration Asset Monitorto learn more about our monthly GAM database.here