PJM announced a multiyear collaboration agreement with Google and Tapestry, with the aim of further streamlining the grid operator’s planning process for connecting new generation resources.
The goal is to significantly cut processing times for reviewing new interconnection applications, allowing large volumes of requests to be processed quickly. Officials have specifically warned about threats to reliability and future potential capacity shortfalls in PJM’s service area of 13 states and Washington, D.C. These concerns have been further exacerbated by skyrocketing load growth projections, driven largely by the expansion of data centers and broader adoption of electric vehicles.
Under this collaboration, Tapestry, the self-described “moonshot for the electrical grid” project, will work with PJM to develop and deploy a new set of AI-enhanced tools and models to manage and optimize PJM’s generation interconnection process. The initiative will be powered by Google Cloud and Google DeepMind, Alphabet’s artificial intelligence research lab.
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