FERC Launches Action to Speed Large Load Integration

Commission orders all six regional grid operators to justify or reform tariffs for data centers and other large energy users, delivering speed-to-power that is critical to supporting the innovation economy and national security while protecting ratepayers.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today issued tailored show cause orders under section 206 of the Federal Power Act to each of the six regional grid operators under its jurisdiction, directing them to justify or reform the rules that govern how data centers, manufacturing facilities, and other large energy users connect to the electric grid.

The orders mark one of the most significant actions the Commission has taken to modernize the nation's electric markets and push the economy into the future by speeding integration of large energy users onto the grid with additional rigorous consumer safeguards.  By requiring Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs)/Independent System Operators (ISOs) and their transmission operators to either defend or revise their tariffs, FERC is moving to ensure that Americans have reliable, affordable power—even as electricity demand and technology accelerates...Read the full press release here.