Load Factor Newsby Owen Hollis

Data centers, power demand and the policy fights over both.

Load Factor News: Data centers, power demand and the policy fights over both.

Latest readingLevel of government:FederalGrid

PJM Refiles Its Data Center Backstop Rules: Collateral Drops to About $686,000 a Megawatt, and Utilities Must Report Their Large Loads

In Docket ER27-454, PJM answers FERC's September objections on cost allocation, buyer collateral and exit rules, drops the co-op and municipal opt-out, and asks for an order by January 29 so the procurement can open March 1, 2027.

Load Ledger, this reading
ItemBodyLoadStageSrc
Revised Reliability Backstop Procurement rulesFERC, Docket ER27-454-0006,831 MW shortfall in the 2028/2029 auction (target to be recalculated)filed November 9; comments due November 30[1]
Original backstop procurement and paper hearingFERC, Dockets ER26-3380-000 and EL26-108-000—accepted and suspended to February 28, 2027; briefs deferred[3]
Large Load definition and registry compliance filingFERC, Docket ER26-3515-00250 MW or more at a single electrical sitefiled November 9; effective date requested October 12[6]
Ohio Consumers' Counsel rehearing request on registry accessFERC, Docket ER26-3515-000—pending[7]
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Earlier readings

  1. Florida PSC Denies Duke's Large-Load Tariff: A 20-Year Contract, but No Rate Behind ItLevel of government:Commission
  2. FERC Opens Its Environmental Review of a $139 Million Pipeline Expansion Built to Fuel a Texas Panhandle Data Center's Gas PlantLevel of government:Federal
  3. Oregon PUC Closes the Record on Pacific Power's Data Center Tariff: No Posted Rate, a Contract for Each Site, a Nov. 13 Target
  4. Georgia Power Tells the PSC to Give Its Staff's Fuel-Cost Rules 'No Weight' as the Data Center Pricing Review Nears a Hearing
  5. Glendale Annexes Project Eagle/Baccara, 6-1: Three Data Centers, 18 Gas Turbines and an APS Substation Come Into the CityLevel of government:County
  6. MISO's Fast Lane for Data Centers That Bring Their Own Power Draws Support From the Data Center Coalition and a Protest From GoogleLevel of government:FederalGrid
  7. Ohio Supreme Court Lets Lordstown Hold a $3.6 Billion Data Center Under Its Moratorium: A Draft Site Plan Is Not a Permit ApplicationLevel of government:County
  8. NRC Draft EIS Leans Toward Licensing Fermi America's Four AP1000s for a Behind-the-Meter Data Center CampusLevel of government:Federal
  9. FERC Keeps PJM's 50 MW Large-Load Definition and Registry, and Rejects the Plan to Curtail New Data Centers FirstLevel of government:FederalGrid
  10. Texas's Large-Load Interconnection Rule Takes Effect Oct. 8: $50,000 a Megawatt to Get Studied, and a 20% Haircut to Walk AwayLevel of government:Grid
  11. Pennsylvania PUC's Tentative Curtailment Order Defines a Data Center at 25 MW and Takes Most of Them Off the Critical-Load ListLevel of government:Grid
  12. FERC Accepts PJM's Data Center Backstop Auction, Then Suspends It Five Months Over Who PaysLevel of government:FederalGrid
  13. Virginia's Executive Order 22 Draws a 25-Megawatt Line for State Help; Local Approval at 25 MW Waits for the LegislatureLevel of government:Grid
  14. House Passes the Ratepayer Protection Act, 417-3: Data Centers Pay for Their Upgrades, if Each State Decides They ShouldLevel of government:Federal
  15. Stokes County Rezones 1,849 Acres Next to Belews Creek for Project Delta, 3-2, With No Megawatt Figure on the RecordLevel of government:County
  16. Pennsylvania PUC Votes 5-0 to Write Curtail-First Rules for Data Centers, and Sends the Cost Question to a Technical ConferenceLevel of government:Grid
  17. PJM's Plan to Curtail Data Centers First Draws Its Comments at FERC: Most States Say Yes, Virginia and the Data Centers Say NoLevel of government:FederalGrid
  18. Platte County, Wyo., Rezones 5,344 Acres for a Self-Powered Data Center Campus; the Megawatts Wait for a Special-Use PermitLevel of government:County
  19. FERC Opens Its Review of a 13-Mile Gas Lateral Built to Feed Entergy's Plants at Meta's Louisiana Data CenterLevel of government:Federal
  20. Texas PUC Lets ERCOT Miss Its Batch Zero Deadline for the Governor's Data Center Audit, and the Order Sets No New DateLevel of government:Grid

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