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PJM Interconnection, the largest electric grid in the U.S., will increase payments to power generators 37 percent. The company said the increase will begin in June 2018, and will be $164.77 per megawatt (MW) per day, as determined in a capacity auction held last month. The price is almost $45 above the previous 12 months reached in an auction last year. Precipitating the increase was a decision by federal regulators to allow PJM to penalize generators that fail to supply promised power. The decision was intended to prevent unplanned shutdowns and fuel shortages, like those that greatly inflated prices during the winter of 2014.