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September 9, 2026 8 min read

Virginia Makes Data Centers Pay for Their Own Substations

Virginia's SCC ordered a mandatory CIAC so large loads fund the substations built to serve them. What Case PUR-2026-00056 changes for equipment buyers.

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August 31, 2026 8 min read

CAISO Large Load Requirements: A PMU at Every Transformer

CAISO large load requirements leave rates alone and add a PMU, DFR and SCADA at every main power transformer. Comments close September 2.

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August 30, 2026 6 min read

The First Data Center Utility Contract Disclosure Is Due

Georgia Power owes the PSC a public summary of its 3,200 MW OpenAI contract. The first data center utility contract disclosure tests what load is real.

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August 28, 2026 8 min read

PJM Bilateral Capacity Contracting: What Buyers Lose

PPL's CEO says PJM bilateral capacity contracting, not the auction, will add the generation. What that removes from an equipment demand forecast.

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August 26, 2026 8 min read

Data Center Islanding Interconnection Is the Harder Case

Data center islanding interconnection looks like less work for the utility. It is more. The protection scope nobody puts in the interconnection budget.

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August 14, 2026 8 min read

Data Center Load Pipeline vs Contracted: How to Discount It

Utility data center load pipeline vs contracted figures converted anywhere from 1.2:1 to 9:1 this quarter. Here is how to discount a large-load GW number.

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August 12, 2026 7 min read

What Public Grid Data Can't Tell You About Interconnection

GridSolver scores 66,000 neighborhoods on DER value. It is the best free public grid data yet, and it cannot tell you whether you can interconnect.

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August 11, 2026 10 min read

ERCOT Data Center Interconnection Pause: The Deposit Trap

The ERCOT data center interconnection pause froze Batch Zero with hundreds of millions in deposits posted. ERCOT now says the study slips past April 2027.

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August 8, 2026 7 min read

Large Load Resource Adequacy: What Six RTOs Told FERC

All six grid operators filed large load resource adequacy reports on July 20. ISO-NE wants data centers to bring their own generation. Here is what each one answered.

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July 28, 2026 13 min read

PJM Large Load Curtailment Rule: The Gear It Requires

The PJM large load curtailment rule makes curtail on command a condition of connecting. The registry, the telemetry, and the procurement read.

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July 13, 2026 5 min read

PJM 2028/2029 Capacity Auction: The Procurement Read

PJM posts its 2028/2029 capacity auction result July 14 under a ~$325/MW-day collar. Here is what a third straight clear near the ceiling means for equipment buyers.

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July 8, 2026 6 min read

Modular Substations: The Data Center Lead-Time Lever

Modular substation packages cut data center interconnection schedules 30 to 50 percent, yet the transformer stays a 52 to 80 week gate. How co-op and muni buyers should spec them.

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