7+ hour, 55+ min ago  (466+ words) FERC Chairman Swett and Commissioner LaCerte pushed back on concerns over inadequate review of ratepayer impacts: "The Commission will always reject a rate that seriously harms the consuming public." FERC's decision comes as state and federal regulators, utilities and others…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (750+ words) The planned reform threatens the economic viability of new combined heat and power generation at industrial facilities in the PJM Interconnection, according to trade groups. The PJM Interconnection on Monday asked federal regulators to approve changes to its retail behind-the-meter…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago  (664+ words) TeraWulf's plan to buy a power plant from GenOn faces opposition at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as hyperscalers at White House pledge to bring their own generation. The PJM Interconnection's market monitor on Wednesday urged federal regulators to reject…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (600+ words) Conventional wisdom treats data centers as inflexible monsters. That characterization made sense a decade ago, but not now, writes GridX CCO Scott Engstrom. Scott Engstrom is chief customer officer for GridX. Somewhere in your service territory, a data center developer…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (517+ words) AEP cut its large load forecast by more than 50% after regulators approved a new large load tariff. But the trade group said it does not reflect PJM's load forecast methodology. Amid wide-ranging data center demand forecasts, the OMA report adds…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (521+ words) Battery systems are "increasingly critical" for data center operators willing to pay a premium for resilience and faster time to power, industry analysts say. Computing facilities representing about 30% of all planned U.S. data center capacity plan to power their operations with…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (977+ words) Amazon and others urged PJM to drop the proposal and instead focus on how to improve load forecasting, bolster the grid interconnection process and strengthen regional transmission planning. The PJM Interconnection's initial proposal for adding data centers to its system…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (482+ words) However, it is unclear how much generation could be available, and the grid operator doubts it will be needed during the ongoing bitter cold. During this week's frigid temperatures, the PJM Interconnection could tap backup generators at data centers and…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1703+ words) DOE's colocation proposal and the review of proposed transmission planning reforms " amid a national focus on affordability " will drive FERC's agenda this year, former FERC chairmen and experts say. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission faces a challenging year as it…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (629+ words) The unprecedented scale and speed of AI data center demand requires institutional rather than technical innovation, University of Texas at Austin's Michael Webber said. Bahbaz,an engineer by training,believes electric utilities already have the technical tools they need to…...