Avista confirmed on Tuesday that a potential "large load" project that the company is considering is a data center development. According to recent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange ...

The first projects to navigate the process will be called “Batch Zero." The Electric Reliability Council of Texas says its large-load queue is almost 90% data centers.

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Courtesy: Kier in Sight Archives via Unsplash. As a regional transmission operator (RTO) beholden to 67 million customers across 13 states, it is PJM Interconnection’s fundamental duty to ensure the ...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Thursday voted to launch a review of issues related to the co-location of power generation facilities and large loads, such as data centers, in PJM ...

Pennsylvania’s primary electrical utility company, PPL Electric Utilities, has gained approval from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) for the introduction of a new rate class structure ...

The expansion of energy-intensive technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, has placed unprecedented demands on the electricity grid. These large loads often require vast sums ...

Given marching orders by the U.S. Energy Dept. to boost artificial intelligence sector growth, independent agency Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) now must absorb nearly 200 diverging power ...