(Credit for Photo: Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) released the 2026 Summer Readiness Overviews submitted by the Commonwealth’s major electric distribution companies (EDCs) and the regional electric grid operator, PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) yesterday. The reports indicate that Pennsylvania’s electric utilities and PJM have completed extensive preparations for the summer season, including emergency response planning, infrastructure upgrades, storm hardening efforts, system maintenance and investments in technologies that are designed to improve reliability and resilience.