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Regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas, and oil.
3 sources PJM Interconnection stakeholders endorsed a two-part reliability backstop procurement plan for data center load, capping average cost at $555 per MW-day and rejecting large-load curtailment, with a FERC…
3 sources FERC issued Section 206 show-cause orders to all six U.S. grid operators on June 18, 2026, giving each 60 days to justify or rewrite tariffs governing how data…
3 sources Maryland's ratepayer advocate, backed by 80 state lawmakers, asked FERC to make data centers, not households, pay for $1.6 billion in PJM transmission costs.
3 sources FirstEnergy asked FERC to make data centers pay directly for the transmission upgrades they require through 15-year contracts, modeled on natural gas pipeline pricing.
4 sources FERC withdrew its 2021 demand response opt-out inquiry and terminated the proceeding, keeping the rule that blocks wholesale aggregators from bidding large-utility retail load where states prohibit it.
4 sources FERC voted 5-0 to raise natural gas pipeline blanket certificate thresholds to $30M automatic and $86M prior-notice, the biggest overhaul since 2006.
4 sources NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy agreed on May 18 to combine in a $67 billion all-stock merger, creating the largest US regulated electric utility — a roughly 10-million-customer…
4 sources Five consumer advocates and Eversource filed a FERC complaint over the $385M X-178 project classification, potentially shifting billions in New England ratepayer costs.
3 sources Avista commissioned Eastern Washington's first community microgrid at Spokane's MLK Center -- a 3-year, $2M+ solar-battery-gas project providing resilient backup power.
4 sources IRENA's 24/7 Renewables report (May 6, 2026) puts firm solar-plus-storage at $54-74 per MWh versus $60-95 per MWh for new combined-cycle gas, introducing a standardized firm-LCOE methodology that…
