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September 10, 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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September 9, 2026 9 min read

Pennsylvania Data Center Executive Order 2026-05 Decoded

Pennsylvania data center executive order 2026-05 closes the permit fast lane and names both PJM cost dockets. The procurement read for equipment buyers.

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September 1, 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 31, 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 29, 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 27, 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 15, 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 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 9, 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 29, 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 27, 2026 9 min read

Ratepayer Protection Act Passes House: Data Centers

The House passed the Ratepayer Protection Act, H.R. 9340, 417-3 (House Clerk). What the data center cost standard requires of utilities and what it misses.

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July 4, 2026 6 min read

Data Center Load Flexibility Is Now an Equipment Spec

Data center load flexibility trades curtailable load for faster interconnection, and utilities enforce it with owned breakers and relays. The procurement read.

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