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PJM Coincident Peak History

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How the measured and official figures differ

Measured values (preliminary)

This app pulls PJM's hourly metered load (Data Miner feed hrl_load_metered) each morning and ranks the five highest June–September days for each zone. These are preliminary values: PJM revises metered load during settlement, so measured figures can change after they are first published and can differ from PJM's final numbers.

PJM official 5CP

After each summer, PJM publishes its Summer Peaks and 5CPs report (typically October–November, with later revisions noted in the report). The official 5CP are the five highest RTO daily peak hours in June–September, using final, unrestricted load: metered load with load reductions from demand response and similar programs added back. Because of settlement revisions and the unrestricted adjustment, official MW values usually differ from measured values, and occasionally a different day qualifies.

ComEd load during the RTO 5CP hours

PJM's report also lists each zone's load during the five RTO peak hours (page 2, Coincident Peaks, By Zone). The ComEd figures shown under each season come from that table. This coincident load is what determines ComEd customers' share of RTO capacity and transmission costs. It is not the same as ComEd's own highest days, which can fall on other dates and are shown separately below it.

Weather-normalized peaks

PJM adjusts each season's peak loads to normal weather and reports one weather-normalized peak for the RTO and each zone. PJM uses the weather-normalized zonal peak in setting each zone's capacity obligation for the delivery year that begins the following June; utilities then allocate that obligation to individual customers based on their load during the 5CP hours. The weather-normalized peak is a single adjusted value per zone, not a measured hour, so it has no date or time.

Hours

PJM reports hours as hour ending, Eastern Prevailing Time. This page shows hour beginning, Central Prevailing Time, so PJM's hour ending 18:00 EPT appears here as 4:00 PM CPT.

PJM reports

Summer 2026: PDF (pjm.com) Summer 2025: PDF (pjm.com) Summer 2024: PDF (pjm.com) Summer 2023: PDF (pjm.com) Summer 2022: PDF (pjm.com) Summer 2021: pjm.com Summer 2020: pjm.com

Reports © PJM Interconnection, provided here for reference; the pjm.com links point to PJM's published copies.

CP Hour-of-Day Frequency — Completed Seasons, Measured Data
RTO
Count of measured top-5 days per hour beginning (CPT), all completed Jun–Sep seasons
COMED
Count of measured top-5 days per hour beginning (CPT), all completed Jun–Sep seasons
2026 Jun–Sep PJM official data PJM report (PDF) · dated 10/30/2026
Weather-normalized peak — RTO: 157,520 MW ComEd: 19,380 MW
PJM RTO
PJM official 5CP
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2026-07-02 4:00 PM 165,990 ✓
2 2026-07-01 4:00 PM 161,197 ✓
3 2026-07-15 4:00 PM 158,487 ✓
4 2026-07-16 4:00 PM 153,304 ✓
5 2026-09-01 4:00 PM 152,118 ✗
Measured top 5 (preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2026-07-02 4:00 PM 162,221 ✓
2 2026-07-01 4:00 PM 161,600 ✓
3 2026-07-15 4:00 PM 158,676 ✓
4 2026-07-03 4:00 PM 154,388 ✗
5 2026-07-16 4:00 PM 153,784 ✓
✓ = the day appears on both lists; ✗ = the day appears on this list only.
ComEd load during the RTO 5CP hours
PJM official (report p. 2, Coincident Peaks by Zone)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2026-07-02 4:00 PM 20,137.6
2 2026-07-01 4:00 PM 20,528.7
3 2026-07-15 4:00 PM 20,598.4
4 2026-07-16 4:00 PM 19,113.1
5 2026-09-01 4:00 PM 20,635.8
Measured at the same hours (preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2026-07-02 4:00 PM 19,619.0
2 2026-07-01 4:00 PM 20,528.7
3 2026-07-15 4:00 PM 20,598.4
4 2026-07-16 4:00 PM 19,113.1
5 2026-09-01 4:00 PM 20,632.5
ComEd's own top 5 days (measured, preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2026-09-02 4:00 PM 21,228
2 2026-06-30 5:00 PM 20,677
3 2026-09-01 4:00 PM 20,632
4 2026-07-14 5:00 PM 20,612
5 2026-07-15 4:00 PM 20,598
2025 Jun–Sep PJM official data PJM report (PDF) · dated 11/14/2025
Weather-normalized peak — RTO: 153,870 MW ComEd: 19,090 MW
PJM RTO
PJM official 5CP
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2025-06-23 4:00 PM 160,649 ✓
2 2025-06-24 4:00 PM 160,629 ✓
3 2025-07-29 4:00 PM 156,035 ✓
4 2025-06-25 1:00 PM 152,904 ✓
5 2025-07-28 4:00 PM 151,525 ✓
Measured top 5 (preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2025-06-23 4:00 PM 160,157 ✓
2 2025-06-24 4:00 PM 158,104 ✓
3 2025-07-29 4:00 PM 153,687 ✓
4 2025-06-25 1:00 PM 152,656 ✓
5 2025-07-28 4:00 PM 151,533 ✓
✓ = the day appears on both lists; ✗ = the day appears on this list only.
ComEd load during the RTO 5CP hours
PJM official (report p. 2, Coincident Peaks by Zone)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2025-06-23 4:00 PM 20,714.0
2 2025-06-24 4:00 PM 18,822.0
3 2025-07-29 4:00 PM 19,779.4
4 2025-06-25 1:00 PM 16,837.6
5 2025-07-28 4:00 PM 19,538.1
Measured at the same hours (preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2025-06-23 4:00 PM 20,713.7
2 2025-06-24 4:00 PM 18,531.6
3 2025-07-29 4:00 PM 19,622.0
4 2025-06-25 1:00 PM 16,784.0
5 2025-07-28 4:00 PM 19,538.1
ComEd's own top 5 days (measured, preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2025-06-23 4:00 PM 20,714
2 2025-07-23 5:00 PM 20,375
3 2025-06-26 4:00 PM 20,152
4 2025-07-24 1:00 PM 19,914
5 2025-07-29 3:00 PM 19,749
2024 Jun–Sep PJM official data PJM report (PDF) · dated 11/14/2024
Weather-normalized peak — RTO: 152,804 MW ComEd: 19,040 MW
PJM RTO
PJM official 5CP
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2024-07-16 4:00 PM 152,307 ✓
2 2024-07-15 4:00 PM 151,103 ✓
3 2024-08-01 4:00 PM 148,240 ✓
4 2024-06-21 4:00 PM 147,271 ✓
5 2024-08-28 4:00 PM 147,248 ✓
Measured top 5 (preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2024-07-16 4:00 PM 152,552 ✓
2 2024-07-15 4:00 PM 151,586 ✓
3 2024-08-01 4:00 PM 148,651 ✓
4 2024-08-28 4:00 PM 147,591 ✓
5 2024-06-21 4:00 PM 147,521 ✓
✓ = the day appears on both lists; ✗ = the day appears on this list only.
ComEd load during the RTO 5CP hours
PJM official (report p. 2, Coincident Peaks by Zone)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2024-07-16 4:00 PM 16,972.5
2 2024-07-15 4:00 PM 19,014.1
3 2024-08-01 4:00 PM 17,556.2
4 2024-06-21 4:00 PM 18,568.7
5 2024-08-28 4:00 PM 16,726.8
Measured at the same hours (preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2024-07-16 4:00 PM 16,972.5
2 2024-07-15 4:00 PM 19,014.1
3 2024-08-01 4:00 PM 17,556.2
4 2024-06-21 4:00 PM 18,568.2
5 2024-08-28 4:00 PM 16,726.6
ComEd's own top 5 days (measured, preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2024-08-27 4:00 PM 21,560
2 2024-08-26 4:00 PM 20,851
3 2024-06-17 5:00 PM 19,874
4 2024-06-18 4:00 PM 19,495
5 2024-06-19 4:00 PM 19,486
2023 Jun–Sep PJM official data PJM report (PDF) · dated 11/20/2023
Weather-normalized peak — RTO: 148,659 MW ComEd: 18,720 MW
PJM RTO
PJM official 5CP
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2023-07-27 4:00 PM 146,843 ✓
2 2023-09-05 3:00 PM 146,167 ✓
3 2023-07-28 4:00 PM 144,452 ✓
4 2023-09-06 3:00 PM 141,355 ✓
5 2023-07-05 4:00 PM 137,806 ✗
Measured top 5 (preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2023-07-27 4:00 PM 147,178 ✓
2 2023-09-05 3:00 PM 146,442 ✓
3 2023-07-28 4:00 PM 144,789 ✓
4 2023-09-06 3:00 PM 141,482 ✓
5 2023-09-04 4:00 PM 138,722 ✗
✓ = the day appears on both lists; ✗ = the day appears on this list only.
ComEd load during the RTO 5CP hours
PJM official (report p. 2, Coincident Peaks by Zone)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2023-07-27 4:00 PM 19,360.0
2 2023-09-05 3:00 PM 17,718.5
3 2023-07-28 4:00 PM 19,294.1
4 2023-09-06 3:00 PM 15,097.1
5 2023-07-05 4:00 PM 17,149.0
Measured at the same hours (preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2023-07-27 4:00 PM 19,357.9
2 2023-09-05 3:00 PM 17,718.5
3 2023-07-28 4:00 PM 19,294.1
4 2023-09-06 3:00 PM 15,097.0
5 2023-07-05 4:00 PM 17,149.0
ComEd's own top 5 days (measured, preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2023-08-24 4:00 PM 22,467
2 2023-08-23 4:00 PM 21,929
3 2023-07-27 4:00 PM 19,358
4 2023-07-28 4:00 PM 19,294
5 2023-09-05 1:00 PM 18,322
2022 Jun–Sep PJM official data PJM report (PDF) · dated 6/21/2023
Weather-normalized peak — RTO: 148,894 MW ComEd: 20,080 MW
PJM RTO
PJM official 5CP
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2022-07-20 4:00 PM 147,334 ✓
2 2022-07-21 3:00 PM 145,144 ✓
3 2022-07-22 4:00 PM 144,246 ✓
4 2022-08-08 2:00 PM 143,101 ✓
5 2022-08-03 4:00 PM 142,112 ✓
Measured top 5 (preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2022-07-20 4:00 PM 147,771 ✓
2 2022-07-21 3:00 PM 145,477 ✓
3 2022-07-22 4:00 PM 144,634 ✓
4 2022-08-08 2:00 PM 143,389 ✓
5 2022-08-03 4:00 PM 142,398 ✓
✓ = the day appears on both lists; ✗ = the day appears on this list only.
ComEd load during the RTO 5CP hours
PJM official (report p. 2, Coincident Peaks by Zone)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2022-07-20 4:00 PM 17,807.7
2 2022-07-21 3:00 PM 19,092.2
3 2022-07-22 4:00 PM 17,964.0
4 2022-08-08 2:00 PM 14,952.5
5 2022-08-03 4:00 PM 17,043.4
Measured at the same hours (preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2022-07-20 4:00 PM 17,807.7
2 2022-07-21 3:00 PM 19,092.2
3 2022-07-22 4:00 PM 17,964.0
4 2022-08-08 2:00 PM 14,952.5
5 2022-08-03 4:00 PM 17,043.4
ComEd's own top 5 days (measured, preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2022-06-21 5:00 PM 21,262
2 2022-06-15 4:00 PM 20,731
3 2022-06-14 4:00 PM 20,606
4 2022-07-05 3:00 PM 19,685
5 2022-06-16 4:00 PM 19,210
2021 Jun–Sep Measured only
PJM RTO
PJM official 5CP

No PJM report loaded for this season.

Measured top 5 (preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2021-08-24 4:00 PM 148,751
2 2021-08-12 3:00 PM 148,209
3 2021-06-29 3:00 PM 146,845
4 2021-07-06 3:00 PM 146,037
5 2021-08-26 2:00 PM 145,831
ComEd's own top 5 days (measured, preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2021-08-24 3:00 PM 21,166
2 2021-08-10 4:00 PM 20,455
3 2021-08-25 3:00 PM 19,904
4 2021-08-27 4:00 PM 19,862
5 2021-07-06 3:00 PM 19,454
2020 Jun–Sep Measured only
PJM RTO
PJM official 5CP

No PJM report loaded for this season.

Measured top 5 (preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2020-07-20 3:00 PM 144,565
2 2020-07-27 3:00 PM 143,756
3 2020-07-09 4:00 PM 143,473
4 2020-07-06 1:00 PM 141,453
5 2020-07-29 4:00 PM 141,053
ComEd's own top 5 days (measured, preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2020-08-27 4:00 PM 20,220
2 2020-08-28 3:00 PM 20,181
3 2020-07-09 4:00 PM 20,136
4 2020-08-24 3:00 PM 20,108
5 2020-07-07 3:00 PM 20,055
2019 Jun–Sep Measured only
PJM RTO
PJM official 5CP

No PJM report loaded for this season.

Measured top 5 (preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2019-07-20 3:00 PM 149,746
2 2019-07-17 3:00 PM 143,161
3 2019-07-10 4:00 PM 141,842
4 2019-08-19 3:00 PM 141,381
5 2019-07-21 4:00 PM 139,979
ComEd's own top 5 days (measured, preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2019-07-10 3:00 PM 20,635
2 2019-07-20 2:00 PM 20,204
3 2019-07-02 4:00 PM 19,820
4 2019-07-15 4:00 PM 19,716
5 2019-07-17 2:00 PM 19,341
2018 Jun–Sep Measured only
PJM RTO
PJM official 5CP

No PJM report loaded for this season.

Measured top 5 (preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2018-08-28 3:00 PM 150,670
2 2018-09-04 3:00 PM 148,583
3 2018-06-18 3:00 PM 148,462
4 2018-09-05 3:00 PM 147,908
5 2018-08-27 3:00 PM 145,805
ComEd's own top 5 days (measured, preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2018-06-18 5:00 PM 21,349
2 2018-06-29 6:00 PM 20,996
3 2018-08-27 5:00 PM 20,374
4 2018-06-30 6:00 PM 19,954
5 2018-09-04 6:00 PM 19,840
2017 Jun–Sep Measured only
PJM RTO
PJM official 5CP

No PJM report loaded for this season.

Measured top 5 (preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2017-07-19 4:00 PM 145,637
2 2017-07-20 3:00 PM 145,325
3 2017-07-21 3:00 PM 141,794
4 2017-06-12 4:00 PM 140,955
5 2017-06-13 3:00 PM 138,617
ComEd's own top 5 days (measured, preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2017-06-12 6:00 PM 20,351
2 2017-09-22 5:00 PM 20,030
3 2017-09-21 5:00 PM 19,484
4 2017-07-06 6:00 PM 19,418
5 2017-06-14 3:00 PM 18,973
2016 Jun–Sep Measured only
PJM RTO
PJM official 5CP

No PJM report loaded for this season.

Measured top 5 (preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2016-08-11 2:00 PM 152,177
2 2016-07-25 2:00 PM 150,826
3 2016-08-12 1:00 PM 147,061
4 2016-07-27 3:00 PM 144,731
5 2016-08-10 3:00 PM 143,546
ComEd's own top 5 days (measured, preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2016-08-11 4:00 PM 21,175
2 2016-09-06 6:00 PM 20,949
3 2016-08-04 6:00 PM 20,501
4 2016-07-21 7:00 PM 20,296
5 2016-07-11 6:00 PM 20,268
2015 Jun–Sep Measured only
PJM RTO
PJM official 5CP

No PJM report loaded for this season.

Measured top 5 (preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2015-07-28 3:00 PM 143,633
2 2015-07-20 3:00 PM 143,065
3 2015-07-29 3:00 PM 142,225
4 2015-09-03 3:00 PM 141,210
5 2015-08-17 1:00 PM 139,650
ComEd's own top 5 days (measured, preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2015-09-03 6:00 PM 20,162
2 2015-07-28 5:00 PM 19,765
3 2015-09-02 4:00 PM 19,717
4 2015-07-17 5:00 PM 19,525
5 2015-09-01 6:00 PM 19,424
2014 Jun–Sep Measured only
PJM RTO
PJM official 5CP

No PJM report loaded for this season.

Measured top 5 (preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2014-06-17 4:00 PM 141,678
2 2014-06-18 3:00 PM 139,517
3 2014-07-01 4:00 PM 139,380
4 2014-07-22 4:00 PM 138,188
5 2014-09-05 2:00 PM 138,157
ComEd's own top 5 days (measured, preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2014-07-22 5:00 PM 19,721
2 2014-06-17 6:00 PM 19,412
3 2014-09-05 3:00 PM 19,016
4 2014-08-25 1:00 PM 18,893
5 2014-06-30 5:00 PM 18,874
2013 Jun–Sep Measured only
PJM RTO
PJM official 5CP

No PJM report loaded for this season.

Measured top 5 (preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2013-07-18 3:00 PM 157,509
2 2013-07-19 1:00 PM 156,077
3 2013-07-17 3:00 PM 154,044
4 2013-07-16 3:00 PM 151,421
5 2013-07-15 4:00 PM 150,315
ComEd's own top 5 days (measured, preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2013-07-18 5:00 PM 22,269
2 2013-07-19 5:00 PM 22,038
3 2013-08-27 6:00 PM 21,960
4 2013-07-17 6:00 PM 21,801
5 2013-09-10 5:00 PM 21,572
2012 Jun–Sep Measured only
PJM RTO
PJM official 5CP

No PJM report loaded for this season.

Measured top 5 (preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2012-07-17 3:00 PM 154,339
2 2012-07-18 12:00 PM 152,758
3 2012-07-06 3:00 PM 151,966
4 2012-07-16 3:00 PM 148,672
5 2012-07-05 2:00 PM 148,087
ComEd's own top 5 days (measured, preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2012-07-06 5:00 PM 23,601
2 2012-07-17 5:00 PM 23,265
3 2012-07-05 4:00 PM 23,131
4 2012-06-28 6:00 PM 22,837
5 2012-07-25 6:00 PM 22,502
2011 Jun–Sep Measured only
PJM RTO
PJM official 5CP

No PJM report loaded for this season.

Measured top 5 (preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2011-07-21 3:00 PM 158,043
2 2011-07-22 1:00 PM 151,366
3 2011-07-20 3:00 PM 150,060
4 2011-07-19 3:00 PM 145,247
5 2011-06-08 3:00 PM 144,325
ComEd's own top 5 days (measured, preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2011-07-20 6:00 PM 23,753
2 2011-07-21 5:00 PM 23,670
3 2011-08-02 6:00 PM 22,576
4 2011-07-19 5:00 PM 22,463
5 2011-09-01 6:00 PM 21,900
2010 Jun–Sep Measured only
PJM RTO
PJM official 5CP

No PJM report loaded for this season.

Measured top 5 (preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2010-07-06 3:00 PM 136,465
2 2010-07-07 3:00 PM 135,416
3 2010-07-23 4:00 PM 134,234
4 2010-08-10 3:00 PM 131,946
5 2010-08-11 3:00 PM 131,356
ComEd's own top 5 days (measured, preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2010-08-12 5:00 PM 21,914
2 2010-07-23 6:00 PM 21,666
3 2010-07-15 5:00 PM 21,410
4 2010-08-13 5:00 PM 21,300
5 2010-08-11 6:00 PM 21,214
2009 Jun–Sep Measured only
PJM RTO
PJM official 5CP

No PJM report loaded for this season.

Measured top 5 (preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2009-08-10 3:00 PM 126,805
2 2009-08-18 2:00 PM 122,336
3 2009-08-17 3:00 PM 121,913
4 2009-08-11 3:00 PM 120,604
5 2009-08-20 3:00 PM 120,095
ComEd's own top 5 days (measured, preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2009-06-25 2:00 PM 21,218
2 2009-06-23 4:00 PM 20,921
3 2009-06-24 12:00 PM 20,758
4 2009-06-22 4:00 PM 19,097
5 2009-06-26 3:00 PM 18,808
2008 Jun–Sep Measured only
PJM RTO
PJM official 5CP

No PJM report loaded for this season.

Measured top 5 (preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2008-06-09 3:00 PM 130,100
2 2008-07-17 3:00 PM 129,481
3 2008-07-18 3:00 PM 128,912
4 2008-07-21 3:00 PM 128,624
5 2008-06-10 3:00 PM 127,888
ComEd's own top 5 days (measured, preliminary metered)
#DateHour beg. (CPT)MW
1 2008-07-16 3:00 PM 20,948
2 2008-07-17 3:00 PM 20,780
3 2008-09-02 3:00 PM 20,564
4 2008-07-30 4:00 PM 20,226
5 2008-08-01 3:00 PM 20,152