On February 27, 2026, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) filed revisions to its Open Access Transmission Tariff (Tariff) to establish an Expedited Interconnection Track process for Generating Facilities (EIT Process). According to the filing, the proposed EIT Process would enable PJM to consider up to 10 expedited interconnection requests per calendar year for large new or uprated Capacity Resources. PJM requested an effective date of July 31, 2026, for the tariff revisions implementing the proposed EIT Process and requested an order from FERC by May 28, 2026.
PJM argues there is an urgent need to interconnect new generating resources to maintain reliability of the grid and ensure affordable energy supply. In response, PJM initiated a Critical Issue Fast Path (CIFP) Stakeholder Process on August 8, 2025, requesting stakeholder input into large load issues. The CIFP Process led to twelve proposal packages sent to the PJM Board. Before the PJM Board could announce its decision on the CIFP Process, FERC issued an order on a Show Cause Proceeding regarding the Tariff’s rules on co-located load on December 18, 2025 (See December 22, 2025 WER Article). FERC’s December 18th Order directed PJM to implement the EIT Process by August 2026. PJM notes that the EIT Process is part of a roadmap of addressing large load issues in PJM, as stated in a January 16, 2026, PJM Board letter.
PJM argues that the EIT Process creates a temporary, expedited generator interconnection process in parallel with PJM’s Cycle Process to interconnect generation projects of significant size in response to a need for additional Capacity Resources. The proposed EIT Process will allow PJM to review up to 10 interconnection requests per calendar year on an expedited basis, with a goal of executing a Generation Interconnection Agreement (GIA) within 10 months after an EIT Process interconnection request is submitted.
To qualify for the EIT Process, a project must seek to interconnect a new generating facility or seek to increase capacity at an existing generation facility with an effective GIA or Interconnection Service Agreement as a Capacity Resource. Additionally, the project must have at least 250 megawatts of accredited Unforced Capacity and be supported by a commitment from the Primary Siting Authority in the relevant state stating that it will expedite the siting of the project so as to achieve commercial operation within three years. The project must also separately demonstrate it will achieve commercial operation within three years of submitting its application, evidenced by a verified critical path construction schedule. Finally, the project must demonstrate 100 percent Site Control for the Generating Facility, Interconnection Facilities, and Interconnection Switchyard when the project submits its interconnection request under the EIT Process.
The EIT Process requires each applicant to submit a $500,000 study deposit and an EIT Readiness Deposit of $15,000 per megawatt. PJM anticipates reviewing each interconnection request within 60 days. PJM states the EIT Process will sunset at the end of the full calendar year following FERC’s acceptance of the EIT Process. PJM argues that the EIT Process is consistent with the Midcontinent Independent System Operator Inc.’s Expedited Resource Addition Study (MISO ERAS) process and the Southwest Power Pool’s Expedited Resource Adequacy Study (SPP ERAS) process, both of which were accepted by FERC (See FERC’s Order Accepting MISO ERAS issued in Docket No. ER25-2454 and FERC’s Order Accepting SPP ERAS issued in Docket No. ER25-2296).
PJM’s filing, made in Docket No. ER26-1563, is available here.