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PJM Interconnection (PJM)

PJM runs the high-voltage grid and the wholesale electricity market for the mid-Atlantic and parts of the Midwest, including northern Illinois.

A grid operator is a separate organization from your utility. Your utility delivers power to your home. Programs for your home are on the pages for your state and your utility.

Wholesale prices through the day

Wholesale electricity costs more at some hours than at others. The chart averages a year of day-ahead prices, the prices a grid's market sets the day before, for each hour of the day.

Average day-ahead wholesale price by hour of dayIn this grid the dearest hours over the last year were 5, 6 and 7 pm Eastern time.Dollars per megawatt-hour$0$25$50$75$100$12512 am3 am6 am9 am12 pm3 pm6 pm9 pmHour of day, Eastern time
Average day-ahead wholesale price by hour of day, October 16, 2025 to October 16, 2026, PJM Data Miner 2 (website export). Wholesale, not your bill.

In this grid the dearest hours over the last year were 5, 6 and 7 pm Eastern time.

States on this site in PJM

Utilities on this site in PJM

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