Lower fuel costs helped drive PJM power prices down in first half of 2019

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The PJM Interconnection's wholesale power market producedcompetitive results during the first six months of 2019, with lower fuelcosts helping drive down prices compared to the first half of 2018, thegrid operator's independent market monitor said Thursday.In its "2019 State of the Market Report for PJM: January throughJune," Monitoring Analytics said the PJM markets have broughtcustomers the benefits of competition."The goal of competition is to provide customers wholesale powerat the lowest possible price, but no lower," the report said. "The PJMmarkets have done that."