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Ohio Utilities Planned 4.3 Billion in Local Transmission While a FERC Complaint Sat for Three Years

August 28, 2026 · FERC & Federal

5 sources The Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel returned to federal regulators on August 27, 2026.

Ohio Utilities Planned $4.3 Billion of Local Transmission While a FERC Complaint Sat for Three Years

August 28, 2026 · FERC & Federal

5 sources The Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel urged FERC to rule on a local transmission complaint it filed in September 2023. Ohio utilities have planned more than $4.3…

Data Centers Added 9.7 Percent to PJM Wholesale Power Costs in the First Half of 2026

August 28, 2026 · Analysis

5 sources PJM's market monitor found that data center load raised wholesale power costs by 9.7 percent in the first half of 2026, a capacity-market-only figure that excludes energy, transmission…

Duke Energy Florida’s First Large-Load Tariff Covers 50 MW Customers and Sets No Rate for Them

August 28, 2026 · Policy & Markets

5 sources Duke Energy Florida filed the first large-load tariff under Senate Bill 484, proposing a 20-year minimum contract term for customers of 50 MW or more while declining to…

PSE&G Pays $5,000 Up Front for Home Batteries a Week After New Jersey Proposed Paying for Performance

August 26, 2026 · Grid Services & Demand Response

4 sources Public Service Electric and Gas launched the GridSmart Battery Program on August 26, 2026.

Microsoft Protests the $500 Million Transmission Charge Built for Its Own Wisconsin Data Center

August 25, 2026 · Data Centers

4 sources Microsoft filed a protest at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on August 21, 2026.

Duke Asks South Carolina to Approve 50 GW by 2041, With 14 GW of Gas Against 13 GW of Storage

August 22, 2026 · Policy & Markets

4 sources Duke Energy has asked South Carolina regulators to approve a resource plan adding about 50 GW of capacity across the Carolinas by 2041, including 18.5 GW of solar…

ISO New England Asks FERC to Let It Review a $5 Billion Pipeline of Transmission Replacements

August 21, 2026 · FERC & Federal

4 sources ISO New England asked federal regulators for permission to review the transmission replacement projects its member utilities pick for themselves, a channel carrying roughly $5 billion of planned…

PJM’s Largest Load Transfer Took 3,800 MW of Data Centers Offline After a Fault That Cleared Normally

August 21, 2026 · Data Centers

5 sources PJM Interconnection told its Operating Committee that roughly 3,800 MW of northern Virginia data center load transferred to backup generation on July 22 after a 230 kV fault…

DOE Keeps 397-MW Wagner Oil Unit Running Past Permit Limits Through November 17

August 19, 2026 · FERC & Federal

5 sources The Department of Energy has ordered Wagner Unit 4 in Maryland to run past its 438-hour air-permit cap through November 17, the fourth such order on the same…

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