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title: "PJM cleared reserve margin vs target, by delivery year"
description: "PJM 2027/28 BRA is the first auction where the entire RTO cleared below the reliability target, by 6,517 MW UCAP."
canonical: "https://www.ercotqueue.com/charts/pjm-reserve-margin"
markdown: "https://www.ercotqueue.com/charts/pjm-reserve-margin.md"
resource_type: "chart"
source_report: "August 2026"
generated_at: "2026-09-08T19:34:08.442Z"
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# PJM cleared reserve margin vs target, by delivery year

PJM 2027/28 BRA is the first auction where the entire RTO cleared below the reliability target, by 6,517 MW UCAP.

## Research object

- Scope: ERCOTQueue public chartbook
- Source report: August 2026
- Interpretation: use the chart description as the claim boundary and the downloadable series for calculations.

## Downloadable observations

- [Source data (text/csv)](https://www.ercotqueue.com/chartbook/data/pjm-reserve-margin.csv)

The chart page may include visual encodings, annotations, and interactive controls that are not reproduced here. The linked data is the calculation surface.

## Source, citation, and reuse

- Human-readable page: [PJM cleared reserve margin vs target, by delivery year](https://www.ercotqueue.com/charts/pjm-reserve-margin)
- Markdown representation: [https://www.ercotqueue.com/charts/pjm-reserve-margin.md](https://www.ercotqueue.com/charts/pjm-reserve-margin.md)
- Source report: August 2026
- Site refresh: September 2026
- Methodology: [ERCOTQueue methodology](https://www.ercotqueue.com/methodology)
- License: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Source data (text/csv): [https://www.ercotqueue.com/chartbook/data/pjm-reserve-margin.csv](https://www.ercotqueue.com/chartbook/data/pjm-reserve-margin.csv)

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