A FERC proceeding seeking approval to purchase an old oil-fired power plant in southern Maryland has drawn multiple protests because its buyer wants to co-locate a data center.

Opinion writer Shahid Mahdi worries about the cybersecurity risks of co-location, and asks if a co-located data center is hit with ransomware, does the nuclear plant have to trip offline?

PJM presented stakeholders with an initial look into the first of a handful of compliance filings it is drafting to define how co-located large loads receive transmission service.

PJM enters 2026 amid several efforts to ward off a reliability gap attributed to accelerating data center load, sluggish development of new capacity and resource deactivations.

FERC told PJM to change its rules to allow for co-located load at generators, with new transmission services and other tweaks.

MISO is considering a new type of interconnection agreement for generation built on site and strictly for new large loads.

FERC focused on large loads and clearing out older proceedings during its September meeting, with two of three current members saying they hoped to move a pending proceeding on co-located loads in the near future.

Talen and Amazon Web have entered into a PPA for the Susquehanna nuclear generator to supply 1.9 GW to the tech company.

Stakeholders urged FERC to consider reliability and consumer costs when weighing approaches to co-located large loads.