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October 5, 2026
A Texas utility has proposed a large load tariff at the Texas PUC that would, among other things, allow large loads to serve their load in whole or in part through "third-party generation" under contract with…
September 30, 2026
FERC Commissioner Calls RBP "Half-Baked"
PJM said in a market notice that, "At this time, PJM will not proceed with the Reliability Backstop Procurement," after a FERC decision subjected PJM's RBP filing to a five-month suspension and paper hearing process, with FERC concluding that several aspects of the RBP, "may be unjust and unreasonable".
September 30, 2026
September 24, 2026
Luxor Technology, a Bitcoin mining software and services platform, today announced Luxor AI, a new business segment serving the AI and high-performance computing market.
September 23, 2026
The Pennsylvania PUC has scheduled for November 17, 2026 a technical conference concerning cost allocation issues arising from large loads
September 18, 2026
PSC Staff, OPC Say PJM Has Confirmed That Actual Program Design Not Needed By PJM Until Sept. 2027
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (“BGE”), Delmarva Power & Light Company (“Delmarva Power”), and Potomac Electric Power Company (“Pepco”) (collectively, the “Joint Maryland Exelon Utilities” or “JMEU”) told the Maryland PSC that the JMEU do not consider it viable to develop a PJM-compliant peak-shaving program that would allow the utilities to opt-out of PJM's Reliability Backstop Procurement (RBP) auction prior to an October 2026 deadline
September 17, 2026
A retail energy supplier today announced renewable energy supply agreements supporting Oracle's operations in Texas
September 15, 2026
PPL Electric Says Change Will Reduce Market Price Risk For Retail Suppliers
As part of protecting non-large load customers from costs associated with data centers, PPL Electric in Pennsylvania has petitioned the Pennsylvania PUC to make Network Integration Transmission Service (NITS) and certain other transmission costs nonbypassable, with PPL Electric assuming…
September 11, 2026
The Maryland PSC has opened consideration of using the opt-out process under PJM's reliability backstop procurement (RBP), and issued a series of questions for comment (PC 82)
September 10, 2026
PUC Chair Notes Cost Allocation Will Be, "Challenging"
The Pennsylvania PUC adopted a motion from Vice Chair Kimberly Barrow to hold a technical conference this fall concerning cost allocation issues arising from large loads
September 8, 2026
IMM Favors End Of ERCOT ERS Program In Light Of LLDMS
In comments at the Texas PUC, Base Power Company has urged the PUC to avoid overly restrictive rules for the new statutorily required Large Load Demand Management Service (LLDMS), in order to allow innovative solutions such as the use of aggregated distributed energy resources (ADERs) to meet a…
September 8, 2026
Retail suppliers have alleged that, in a recent order addressing default service for data centers at AEP Ohio, the PUC of Ohio unlawfully delegated PUC authority to AEP Ohio for designing the specific provisions governing a Standard Service Offer for data centers
September 2, 2026
In Maryland, Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco), Delmarva Power & Light Company (Delmarva Power) and Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) (collectively, the “Joint Maryland Exelon Utilities” or “JMEUs”) jointly said that the JMEUs are "considering" creating a new Standard Offer Service (SOS) Hourly…
September 2, 2026
Staff of the Maryland PSC have recommended that the PSC adopt a proposed expedited schedule filed by the Office of People's Counsel to allow consideration of alternatives to ensure that PJM backstop reliability procurement (RBP) costs are not borne by customers who are not large loads
September 2, 2026
ERCOT will host a workshop to present the deployment mechanics, registration process, and draft revision requests to implement several of the Large Load curtailment provisions required under Senate Bill 6 (SB6)
August 27, 2026
Huston Able, President of Able Power Management, announced that Able Power Management, "is looking to prove out a natural gas generation concept that could significantly simplify behind-the-meter power deployment for Bitcoin mining."
August 14, 2026
PJM, in formally seeking FERC approval of an Interim Resource Adequacy Service (IRAS), is not proposing a specific PJM cost recovery mechanism for IRAS
August 11, 2026
ERCOT in a Texas PUC filing recommends delaying its next Long-Term Load Forecast (LTLF) as a result of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's directive for a comprehensive verification and audit of all data centers advancing through ERCOT’s interconnection process, rather than using an alternative LTLF forecast…
August 11, 2026
Staff of the Maryland PSC, and the Maryland utilities, have each filed comments responding to various PSC questions concerning the allocation of costs under PJM's Reliability Backstop Procurement (RBP), with the comments generally indicating an intent that responsible large loads (or other large…
August 5, 2026
A subsidiary of a multinational energy and utility company applied for a Texas retail electric provider certificate
July 28, 2026
PJM, in finalizing a proposed reliability backstop capacity procurement (RBP), will newly propose at FERC a new credit requirement for LSEs linked to LSEs' backstop procurement obligations
July 27, 2026
Staff of the Texas PUC have filed a draft proposal for publication to implement, for the ERCOT market, a Large Load Demand Management Service (LLDMS) to competitively procure demand reductions from large load customers
July 14, 2026
The Maryland PSC has sought comment on issues related to cost recovery of costs under PJM's Reliability Backstop Procurement [RBP] proposal
July 13, 2026
The Texas PUC approved, without specific discussion at its open meeting, ERCOT Nodal Operating Guide Revision Request 282 (NOGRR282), which establishes frequency and voltage ride-through requirements for Large Computational Loads (LCLs).
July 8, 2026
Duke Energy Ohio has sought from the PUC of Ohio approval of a reasonable arrangement with Amazon Data Services, Inc. that, while requiring Amazon to be supplied by a competitive retail electric supplier, would also require that, if Amazon's related load is included in default service, Amazon shall…
