NERC plans to issue a Level 3 alert May 4 with essential actions for utilities to mitigate the reliability risk of computational large loads.

FERC terminated a pair of NOIs that dated back to Chair Richard Glick's curtailed tenure, one on eliminating a state opt-out for demand response and another considering new rules to track utility political spending.

ERCOT filed a preliminary long-term load forecast that projects 367 GW of demand by 2032, a staggering 430% increase over its current peak demand of 85.5 GW.

FERC says it will rule in June on the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the interconnection of large loads requested by Energy Secretary Chris Wright.

Despite harsh weather and unprecedented load growth expected throughout the Western Interconnection, Arizona utilities said they are well prepared to meet demand reliably in summer 2026.

FERC Chair Laura Swett told the Energy Bar Association that she wants to push the commission’s authority as far as she can.

PJM presented manual revisions to replace its standard for determining whether a resource point of interconnection on a distribution facility falls under federal or state jurisdiction.

Former U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor says the "almost ferocious negativity around data centers" is proof that the grid has become politically weaponized.

CAISO’s draft 2025/26 transmission plan proposes more than $1 billion for an infrastructure project that would power new data centers and other large loads in Silicon Valley.

Increased interest in data center development in New England has led to growing concern about potential negative effects on energy affordability and long-term resource adequacy.