Pennsylvania-New Jersey Interconnection

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Pennsylvania-New Jersey Interconnection was the original name of what is now PJM Interconnection, a major regional transmission organization that coordinates wholesale electricity movement and markets in parts of the eastern United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electric power transmission system
predecessor organization
associatedWith Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NERFINISHED
Mid-Atlantic electric utilities
country United States of America
surface form: United States
evolvedInto regional transmission organization
function coordination of electric power transmission
coordination of wholesale electricity movement
regional power system operation
gridInterconnection synchronized AC system
gridType high-voltage transmission network
historicalRole early power pool in the United States
foundation for PJM Interconnection
industry electric power
locatedIn New Jersey, United States
surface form: New Jersey

Pennsylvania
notableFor being one of the first large-scale power pools in the U.S.
operatedAs power pool
operatedInSector wholesale electricity market
originalNameOf PJM Interconnection NERFINISHED
partOf Eastern Interconnection NERFINISHED
purpose enable economic power exchanges among member utilities
improve reliability of electric service
regionServed eastern United States NERFINISHED
regulatoryStatus forerunner of regional transmission organization
successor PJM Interconnection NERFINISHED

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PJM Interconnection formerName Pennsylvania-New Jersey Interconnection
PJM Interconnection formerName Pennsylvania-New Jersey Interconnection
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland Interconnection