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PJM offers plan to connect data centers without compromising reliability, affordability

PJM Interconnection filed its proposed framework on Aug. 13 to connect new data centers and other large load customers that bring their own power supplies consistent with the Ratep...

Sunairio Announces Grid Status Data Partnership to Streamline Power Trading and Grid Risk Mitigation

Energy market participants can now seamlessly track forecast performance, backtest strategies, and navigate grid volatility in one ecosystem. BALTIMORE, July 28, 2026 /PRNewswire-P...

PJM eyes option to jumpstart surplus interconnection pathway

In need of capacity, the PJM’s surplus interconnection process has produced limited results while MISO and SPP were studying roughly 15 GW and 14 GW each in the first half this yea...

Bonneville eyes switch to CAISO’s EDAM from Southwest Power Pool’s Markets+

BPA’s Travis Kavulla outlined governance-related criteria that need to be met for the federal power marketer to join the Extended Day-Ahead Market run by California’s grid operator...

PJM’s Proposal to FERC Targets Data Centers and Other Large Load Customers

PJM Interconnection (“PJM”) is confronting unprecedented load growth driven by data centers and other large energy users. In a Board Decisional Letter dated July 27, 2026 (the “Dec...

PJM Proposes Data Center Curtailment Plan That Could Weigh on PPA Prices

PJM’s proposed IRAS program could accelerate data center connections while easing capacity market pressure and weighing on PPA valuations. PJM on 13 August announced a proposal tha...

TVA Board Protects Consumers, Strengthens Reliability Amid Rising Power Demand

TVA creates a new data center rate to protect consumers and keep energy affordable amid rising energy demand.TVA approves recommendations in the 2026 Integrated Resource Plan to he...

PJM board proposes backstop capacity auction, data center curtailment plans

FERC’s response to the proposals will likely “influence utility capital investment, data center development timelines and the allocation of reliability risks and costs,” ClearView...

SRP to propose mixed-resource project to its board in September

The Marigold Energy Center, about 45 miles south of Phoenix, would include 400 MW of battery storage, 600 MW of solar generation, up to 675 MW of gas generation and a new substatio...

Indiana and Virginia Encourage a Speedy Way to Meet Rising Energy Demand

New laws leverage Surplus Interconnection Service to bring affordable power to the grid

Mark it eight, dude: Another Western utility joins the EDAM

BHE Montana has entered into a formal agreement to join the California ISO-managed Extended Day-Ahead Market in 2028, further enhancing the value of coordinating resources in the W...

Texas PUC approves ‘ride-through’ rules for data centers

“There is no debate that voltage and frequency excursions on the transmission network create reliability concerns, which increase with the interconnection of each new large computa...

PJM files backstop auction plan at FERC to meet capacity shortfall

The proposal aims to fill a capacity shortfall driven by surging data center demand, which could grow by 70 GW by 2038, according to the PJM Interconnection. The success of the pla...

Trianel’s Borkum I Offshore Wind Farm Enters German Balancing Market

Trianel Windpark Borkum I (TWB I) has prequalified around 70 MW of capacity for Germany’s balancing energy market and began supplying negative secondary control reserve in July 202...

U.S. Interconnection Queue Reforms Make Impact As Withdrawn Capacity Tops 1.8 TW

Texas approves AI data center co-location next to wind farm, with curtailment caveats

A final order in the case could offer an early template for other large behind-the-meter loads, requiring rapid curtailment during grid emergencies while limiting participation in...

End-2027 timeline outlined for independent Transmission System Operator

The request for proposals (RFP) issued for the appointment of a transaction adviser to support the establishment of a fully independent Transmission System Operator (TSO) confirms...

The Drop Times: Three Providers Complete IRAP Assessments for Rules as Code Delivery

Panel access simplifies procurement but does not authorise a deployment. Agencies still need to review the assessment scope, findings, and residual risk against their intended use.

Wisconsin gas plant proposals test state review process

Integrated resource planning would give regulators a clearer long-term picture of electricity needs before major energy investments are approved, advocates say.

Economist Warns Data Center Interconnection Requests May Be Inflated

The power crunch may be smaller than the queues suggest, but still bigger than the grid can handle.

Trianel’s Borkum I Offshore Wind Farm Enters German Balancing Market

Trianel Windpark Borkum I (TWB I) has prequalified around 70 MW of capacity for […]

The grid’s fastest-growing resource isn’t generation. It’s flexibility.

The technology is there. The institutions are not. FERC’s July 23 technical conference on the PJM Interconnection’s governance is where that gap gets addressed — or doesn’t, writes...

PSEG offers data center supply proposals in PJM’s bilateral contracting process

Also, Public Service Enterprise Group is “encouraged” by potential changes to the utility business model in New Jersey, CEO Ralph LaRossa said.

Texas approves AI data center co-location next to wind farm, with curtailment caveats

A final order in the case could offer an early template for other large behind-the-meter loads, requiring rapid curtailment during grid emergencies while limiting participation in...