The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or the “Commission”) issued an order on December 18, 2025, creating a framework for how large co-located loads, such as data centers, can connect to ...

FERC ordered PJM to create new transmission service options for large co-located loads and to clarify interconnection rules. The order attempts to balance speed to power and reliable service for large ...

Data center being constructed in Sterling, Virginia. Negative impacts on energy availability and people's health can be mitigated with polices, a University of California at Riverside report says.

In response to significant load growth driven by data centers, PJM is deploying the Critical Issue Fast Path process to develop market-based solutions, adjust interconnection rules, and coordinate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Solar panels are seen on Aug. 20, 2015, at the Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative's 5.5-MW solar farm in Hughsville, Maryland.

Courtesy: Kier in Sight Archives via Unsplash. As a regional transmission operator (RTO) beholden to 67 million customers across 13 states, it is PJM Interconnection’s fundamental duty to ensure the ...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has set a June 2026 deadline to act in a high-stakes rulemaking that could ...

PJM Interconnection has proposed a controversial plan to prioritize data centers for power curtailments during grid emergencies, sparking widespread opposition from stakeholders across the energy ...

US-based energy distribution company PJM Interconnection (PJM), under its Reliability Resource Initiative (RRI), has selected 51 projects that can come online quickly and are capable of providing more ...

PJM today announced a multiyear collaboration agreement with Google and Tapestry, with the aim of further streamlining the grid operator’s planning process for connecting new generation resources. The ...

PJM Interconnection has selected 51 projects to provide more than 9,300 MW of reliable capacity through the Reliability Resource Initiative (RRI). The projects include 39 uprates and 12 new ...

The mid-Atlantic grid operator says its speedier process for bringing more power onto its system will expand renewable energy. Is it too late? Second in an occasional series on PJM. Read the first ...