Transcript Adam Keech`s bio

Adam J. Keech
Adam J. Keech, Director – Market Operations, PJM Interconnection.
Mr. Keech started at PJM in 2003 as an
engineer in the Market Operations Department
where he supported the day-to-day activities
required to clear PJM’s energy and ancillary
service markets. Mr. Keech also supported the
design and clearing of the Reliability Pricing
model while in this position. In 2008 he became
the manager of the Real-Time Market
Operations Department where he focused on
the oversight and design of the energy and
ancillary service markets including the design
and implementation of PJM’s current shortage
pricing rules. In 2010 Mr. Keech accepted a
position as the manager of the Dispatch
Department at PJM where he was responsible
for real-time system operations in the control
room and compliance with NERC standards. In
2013 Mr. Keech accepted a position as the
Director of Market Operations where he is
responsible for the development and execution
of all of PJM’s markets.
Mr. Keech has worked at PJM for nearly 12
years in both Market Operations and System
Operations.
Mr. Keech graduated from Rutgers University
in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical
Engineering. He earned a master’s degree in
Applied Statistic from West Chester University
in 2013.
PJM Interconnection, founded in 1927, ensures
the reliability of the high-voltage electric power
system serving 61 million people in all or parts
of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,
Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North
Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee,
Virginia, West Virginia and the District of
Columbia. PJM coordinates and directs the
operation of the region’s transmission grid,
which includes 62,556 miles of transmission
lines; administers a competitive wholesale
electricity market; and plans regional
transmission expansion improvements to
maintain grid reliability and relieve congestion.
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