Data Centers Support Grid But Unexpected Trips Could Hurt
Data centers received plaudits in recent winter storm Fern both for their ability to provide backup power and for voluntary ramp-downs. Greater industry concern is being…
News Stories: Large Loads
February 23, 2026
February 21, 2026
NH PUC Directs Parties to Hold Work Group Meetings Re: Eversource’s Proposed Rate Designs That May Not Support Investment in Modern Onsite Generation And Load-Shifting Technologies
In the Eversource’s Rate LG and Rate B transmission rate design matter the New Hampshire PUC issued a procedural order scheduling a status conference and directing…
February 20, 2026
Technical Conference Scheduled to Discuss AEP Ohio’s Proposal to Manage Default Service for Large Load Customers
To assist the Ohio Public Utilities Commission with its review of AEP’s application and request for interim relief , the administrative law judge (ALJ) issued an entry…
February 16, 2026
ERCOT Batch Study Process for Large Load Interconnections
Feb 25, 2026 – TAC Meeting Feb 26, 2026 – Batch Study Process for Large Load Interconnections Workshop #3 Feb 26, 2026 – OWG Meeting – Webex Only…
Batch Study Process for Large Load Interconnections Workshop #2
The critical path to a successful Batch Zero NPRR relies on a series of successive May 2026 votes See slide 5 at link below. See ERCOT slide deck of February 12, 2026…
February 13, 2026
Risks Associated with Large Loads are Driven Primarily by How and When Load Materializes
In response Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) Staff’s questions filed on January 2nd seeking comments from interest participants on the rulemaking to implement…
February 9, 2026
Don’t Blame Data Centers For Higher Rates, Experts Say
New demand from large loads like data centers can reduce retail electricity prices when the incremental costs of serving the new loads are below current average costs, a…
January 16, 2026
PJM Board Outline a Series of Actions To Address Data Centers & Large Loads Onto Grid; Orders Emergency Backstop Generation Procurement Process & Other Long Term Corrective Actions
In a press release PJM outlines plans to integrate large loads reliably. “The PJM Board of Managers today outlined a series of actions to be taken by PJM and its…
January 15, 2026
President Trump & PJM State Governors Seek One-time Emergency Auction
As reported by Utility Dive the Trump administration and a bipartisan group of governors on Friday asked the country’s largest wholesale electricity market to hold a…
December 18, 2025
Vice Chair Seeks Revisions To Interconnection Rules
In a motion offered by PUC Vice Chair Kimberly Barrow directs the Pennsylvania PUC’s Law Bureau, in consultation with the Bureau of Technical Utility Services, to…
