Figures in the energy industry are casting doubt on the White House’s proposal to shield ratepayers from the costs of interconnecting large loads, saying it ignores the jurisdictional responsibility between regulatory authorities.

“Massive change, massive challenges, massive opportunities,” SPP CEO Lanny Nickell said in kicking off the grid operator's second Energy Synergy Summit that focused on meeting data center growth.

MISO and SPP credited interregional collaboration with helping them win FERC's approval of their expedited study processes.

ERCOT staff have promised more clarity on the link between the initial batch study process for large loads and the subsequent studies and existing planning structure during an upcoming workshop.

ERCOT says the critical path for a successful Batch Zero NPRR relies on a series of approval votes in May before the changes go to the board in June.

Data centers’ demand and speed-to-power prerogatives continue to dominate discussions in the electric industry, but some commonsense policy answers are starting to emerge, FERC Commissioners Judy Chang and David Rosner said.

ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas said the grid operator's proposed batch process to study the 232 GW of large loads seeking interconnection will provide clarity and transparency to data center developers.

Faced with the same demand from data centers and crypto miners as other grid operators, SPP responded by putting together a 30-person team to come up with a process to interconnect the large loads.

American Electric Power says it is “rooted deep in innovation” and “ready to meet unprecedented customer demand” that will result in “significant infrastructure investment” and continue its strong financial results.

NARUC’s Winter Policy Summit focused on the main issue facing the power industry — how to reliably and affordably interconnect new large load customers.