PUC Issues RFI on Data Center Fair Share Act
New Jersey BPU today released a Request for Information (RFI) and announced a virtual public stakeholder meeting to take public input related to the implementation of…
News Stories: Data Centers
October 22, 2026
Reminder – State Enacts First of Its Kind Electricity Consumption Tax on Data CentersBut Stops Short of Repealing Data Center Sales Tax Exemption
Virginia enacted a first-in-the-nation electricity consumption tax of $0.011 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) on qualifying data centers, that became effective July 1, 2026.…
October 17, 2026
Host of Parties File Reply Comments in Utility’s Proposed Stand-Alone Data Center Tariff
As previously reported, FirstEnergy filed its Application on June 12, 2026, in response to the Commission’s direction that the utility should propose a separate…
October 15, 2026
Hearing Examiner Issues Proposed Order in Electric Utility Grid Plan
On October 14, a Hearing Examiner at the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) issued a Proposed Order in ComEd’s petition for approval of a Multi-Year Integrated Grid Plan…
October 14, 2026
FERC Partially Accepts PJM’s Reliability Backstop Procurement Proposal But Suspends Auction Results for Further Scrutiny
As reported previously, on September 29, 2026, FERC partially accepts PJM’s Reliability Backstop Procurement (RBP) proposal but suspends other parts for further review.…
October 8, 2026
DOE Urges PJM to Accept FERC’s RBP Acceleration Option
On October 7, 2026 the United States Department of Energy (DOE) filed a notice of intervention and statement of position of in support of FERC’s September 29, 2026…
October 7, 2026
PUC Report Released Evaluating Whether Retired Power Plant Sites Can Be Redeveloped To Support New Generation, Data Centers And Other Large Loads, Energy Storage, Or Co-Located Generation/Load Projects
On September 20, 2026 KeyLogic, in coordination with Team PA and the Pennsylvania PUC, prepared the Pennsylvania Accelerated Transmission and Energy Redevelopment…
October 6, 2026
PUC Directs Staff to File Recommendations on Utility’s Proposed Large Load Tariff
On October 2, 2026 the Texas Commission issued an order direct Staff to file comments and recommendations regarding a petition filed by Southwestern Public Service…
October 5, 2026
Maryland, Virginia Governors Control Data Center Development
The governors of the states issued separate but similar frameworks for data centers that seek to prevent cost-shifting to other ratepayers, protect the environment and…
October 1, 2026
PJM Announces It Will Not Proceed with Reliability Backstop Procurement
PJM announced that it will not proceed with the Reliability Backstop Procurement on September 30th as originally planned. All timeline milestones previously communicated…
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