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North Carolina Issues Two Air Permits, Not One, for Roughly 650 Diesel Generators at an Amazon Data Center

Marin Holt August 3, 2026

4 sources North Carolina regulators drafted two separate air permits rather than one for roughly 650 diesel generators at Read More

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DOE Issues Emergency Order Authorizing PJM

Marin Holt May 19, 2026

4 sources DOE Emergency Order 202-26-23 authorized PJM to dispatch backup generators at data centers and large Read More

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NEC Article 706 and the 800 VDC Data Center Distribution Code Gap

Marin Holt May 17, 2026

4 sources NEC Article 706 caps DC defaults at 100 V. Deploying 800 VDC data centers requires AHJ variances most US Read More

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Hill County Texas Becomes First Texas County

Marin Holt May 12, 2026

5 sources Hill County, TX voted 3-2 to impose a 1-year data center construction moratorium -- the first Read More

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Oregon Orders Data Centers to Pay 100%

Marin Holt May 8, 2026

3 sources Oregon's POWER Act from June 10, 2026 requires loads above 20 MW to fund distribution expansion, with a 1 cent/Read More

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FERC Delays DOE Data Center Interconnection Rulemaking to June

Marin Holt April 24, 2026

4 sources FERC committed on April 24, 2026, to act by end of June on the DOE Section 403 proposal to Read More

Data Centers Grid Connection & Reliability Regulatory Standards & Compliance

Maryland Passes Utility RELIEF Act: Grid Tech Review, Data

Marin Holt April 13, 2026

3 sources Maryland's General Assembly passed the Utility RELIEF Act in April 2026, sending the legislation to Governor Wes Read More

Grid Connection & Reliability Policy & Markets Regulatory

PJM Initiates 15 GW Emergency Program

Marin Holt April 10, 2026

3 sources PJM Interconnection announced on April 10, 2026, that it would act as a confidential matchmaker between data center Read More

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NERC CIP-003-9 Vendor Remote Access Enforcement Begins April 2026

Marin Holt April 1, 2026

North American Electric Reliability Corporation mandates evidence-based vendor remote-access controls for Low Impact BES Cyber Systems under Standard NERC CIP-003-9. The Read More

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FERC Approves Virtualization CIP Reliability Standards With April

Marin Holt March 20, 2026

FERC approved revisions to 11 NERC CIP reliability standards addressing virtualization and cloud technologies. Enforcement of these updated standards for the U.S. Read More

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