PJM Interconnection is evaluating new reliability requirements for data centers after nearly 3,800 MW of Northern Virginia computational load transferred to onsite generation on July 22, the largest s…
PJM Interconnection's 2028/2029 capacity auction secured 138,318 megawatts of unforced capacity but still fell 6,831 megawatts short of reliability requirements, with data centers accounting for rough…
Utilities in Georgia, Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania are invoking eminent domain to route high-voltage transmission lines to data center campuses, sparking lawsuits from landowners who argue tha…
NASA's Office of Inspector General concluded the agency likely avoided billions of dollars in additional spending by terminating or repurposing four Artemis campaign systems, a finding that parallels …
PJM Interconnection, the largest US power grid serving 65 million people, failed its capacity auction for the 2027/2028 delivery year for the first time ever, falling short by 6,517 megawatts—equivale…
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ordered six major grid operators to prioritize data center connections without adding new power supply, highlighting that AI's real bottleneck is ele…
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ordered all six regional grid operators to justify or reform interconnection tariffs for large energy users, targeting wait times that can stretch up to a deca…
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued new rules for large-load interconnection, aiming to reduce grid stress and improve affordability for AI factories and advanced manufacturing. The…
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced plans on June 18, 2026, to expedite grid connection approvals for AI data centers, cutting approval timelines to as short as 60 days for flexible loa…
PJM Interconnection faces a projected 32 GW surge in peak demand by 2030, driven by AI data centers, prompting FERC to order new tariff rules for co-location arrangements. The capacity market prices h…
Complex sociotechnical challenge of counting fish passing through hydroelectric dams, a task the author encountered as a consultant in environmental science. It explains that dam operators must comply…