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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission OKs PJM’s temporary process to fast-track large capacity projects

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on June 9 accepted PJM’s proposed Expedited Interconnection Track (EIT), a temporary, standalone process to quickly advance projects of sig...

New FERC Large Load Order Reflects Sierra Club Requests

Washington, D.C. - Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued five show-cause orders to six regional grid operators throughout the United States following the public’s...

FERC Orders Six RTOs To Address Specific Reforms To Effectuate Speed To Power That Will Facilitate The Integration Of La...

CEA Commends FERC for Taking Action on Large Load Interconnections

WASHINGTON (June 18, 2026) - Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), the leading energy and environmental advocate for families and businesses, commends the Federal Energy Regulatory Commi...

FERC Issues Show Cause Order on Large Load Interconnection Reforms to Support Data Centers and Advanced Manufacturing

What to Know FERC has directed each RTO/ISO to demonstrate if and how its current procedures adequately enable the expedited interconnection of large loads and co-located resource...

Industry Leaders Commend FERC for Action on Large Load Interconnection and Grid Flexibility

WASHINGTON, June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Utilize Coalition, an industry-led energy affordability nonprofit backed by some of America's leading grid flexibility providers an...

FERC “Show Cause Orders” Seek to Accelerate Large Load Interconnections to the Grid

On June 18, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) took long-anticipated action to speed the interconnection of data centers, other large loads, and the generation resourc...

FERC Issues Six Tailored “Show Cause” Orders to Accelerate Large Load Interconnection

On June 18, 2026, against the backdrop of skyrocketing growth in demand for electricity, due in part to the rapid proliferation of data centers, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commi...

FERC Acts on Large Load Integration: Key Issues Addressed

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) has launched a broad effort to rethink and reshape the rules governing how large loads access and use the electric gri...

Exelon, FirstEnergy utilities’ RTO adder targeted by Maryland in FERC complaint

Maryland state agencies asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to end an extra 0.5% return the transmission owners earn for being PJM Interconnection members.

FERC Just Rewrote the Rules for Natural Gas Infrastructure. Here’s What It Means.

Yesterday’s unanimous FERC vote is the most significant natural gas permitting reform in two decades — and its practical implications reach every segment of the industry. On May 21...

6 takeaways from FERC’s data center interconnection decision

If RTOs fail to address large-load concerns identified by FERC, the agency will dictate the solutions, per FERC’s David LaCerte. “I say this not as a threat, but as a statement of...

FERC Orders Grid Operators to Rework Data Center Power Rules

Can the grid keep pace with AI's power appetite? FERC is forcing regional operators to answer that question—and defend their plans.

FERC Will No Longer Complete Cumulative Impact Analyses in Environment Reviews

Washington, DC — During its monthly open meeting today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) indicated that it no longer plans to complete cumulative impact analyses whe...

U.S. energy regulator orders overhaul of data center grid rules

FERC Moves to Accelerate Data Center Grid Connections, Bolstering PPA Price Outlook

FERC took a historic step in June to ensure that grid interconnection rules can accommodate rapidly growing demand from energy-intensive data centers. The reform could accelerate l...

FERC Takes Further Action on Co-Located Load, Behind-the-Meter Generation, and Large Load Integration

On June 18, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”) took long-awaited steps to address the impacts of large loads, including data centers, on th...

FERC to Limit Cumulative Effects Analyses

On June 18, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) issued an order granting a certificate of public convenience and necessity to Eastern Gas Transmission and S...

PJM status quo ‘untenable’: FERC Commissioner LaCerte

“Looking at things differently is hard, especially in entrenched utilities that have been doing this for a long time,” the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission member said.

FirstEnergy asks FERC to require data centers to pay for transmission interconnection costs

FirstEnergy’s proposal adopts a cost allocation practice from the gas pipeline sector. It comes ahead of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s expected large load interconnect...

FERC Extends Deadlines for Some Licensed Hydropower Projects Under New Law

Newly enacted legislation authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend start-of-construction deadlines for certain federally licensed hydropower projects.

Federal Energy Regulator Seeks to Limit Conflicts Over Data Centers

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission directed grid managers to make changes that protect individuals from higher electricity bills while giving data centers access to power fas...

6 takeaways from FERC’s data center interconnection decision

Last week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission found that major grid operators’ rules for large load interconnections appeared to be inadequate for data centers. Here's what t...

FERC Show Cause Orders on Large Load Interconnection: What Data Center Developers and Other Stakeholders Should Know