PJM Interconnection LLC, which serves 13 states stretching from the East Coast to Chicago, said Tuesday that its auction to procure power for the year starting June 2028 tied a $16.4 billion record set in late 2025. “Such a shortage does not necessarily mean that the PJM system will be unable to serve load reliably in the delivery year,” the grid operator said in a statement. “It means that PJM would have to operate with slimmer reserves and a greater level of risk.” Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560: Why We Need to “Relentlessly” Make the Blue State-Red State Case
November 5, 2026
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Glennon raised the stakes of the moment in broader civilizational terms: “This election in Illinois is not about the usual pedestrian issues… it’s about nothing less than whether Western civilization survives in our democratic republic of America because [the left], just on the open border alone, will destroy the country, and now they’re bringing in the jihadists, frankly, into the party.” Audio and summary linked here.Audio and summary linked here.
New Trier High School made national headlines nine years ago as a “canary in a coal mine” for political indoctrination in public schools. The canaries lived.
Among the consequences of economic growth that badly lags national averages are billions of lost revenue every year. Yet denial reigns in Illinois, fueling the vicious cycle of demand for higher taxes.
The Illinois power grid can’t handle everything Putzger is trying to do. Data centers ,everything cars,stoves etc electric. Its just not up to it. And I read where 80-90% of the solar panels wear out people toss them into the garbage, which isn’t making landfills and groundwater safe