Largest U.S Grid Faces Tough Test as Heat Wave Hits Midwest

The operator of the biggest U.S. power grid has issued hot weather and maximum generation alerts for the areas in the Midwest and East it serves as a heat wave that has settled on large parts of the Midwest and parts of the South. PJM Interconnection, which coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity and ensures power supplies for 65 million people in all or parts of 13 eastern and Midwest U.S. states and D.C., has issued a Maximum Generation Alert and Load Management Alert for August 27. The alert was issued ahead of expected hot weather…