Connect and Manage Senior Task Force

The Connect and Manage Senior Task Force (CAMSTF) will address a “connect-and-manage” framework to manage the reliability challenges during the transition period in which new load additions are outpacing the additions of new capacity in the PJM system. The framework would apply specifically to the EDCs or TOs where these certain loads are not linked with qualifying Bring Your Own New Generation (BYONG), or other supply resource arrangements to be defined, during energy shortages for delivery years where there is a shortage of available capacity to satisfy the Installed Reserve Margin (IRM). The CAMSTF will also explore customer flexibility solutions that would allow certain large-load customers to connect to the grid prior to completion of necessary transmission upgrades. The CAMSTF will report to the Markets and Reliability Committee (MRC).

As discussed in the PJM Board’s January 16, 2026, Decisional Letter on the Critical Issue Fast Path – Large Load Additions, the PJM Board of Managers has directed PJM to implement a “connect-and-manage” framework for new large load additions that do not Bring Your Own New Generation (BYONG) with curtailment expected to occur prior to the deployment of pre-emergency Demand Response, subject to stakeholder development of the appropriate operational framework.

Chair/Facilitator: Michele Greening
Secretary: Mollie Lacek

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