Regulators Reject Proposed Rules For Data Centers On Nation's Largest Grid

Two months after PJM Interconnection proposed a plan that would have fundamentally changed data center development within the largest U.S. power grid, federal regulators have sent it back to the drawing board.

Late last week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected most of PJM's proposed framework for connecting data centers to its grid system, which spans 13 states across the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest, plus Washington, D.C.

PJM has been scrambling to contend with an unprecedented, data center-driven wave of electricity demand that has threatened the grid’s stability and raised customer utility bills...