Maryland Consumer Advocate Challenges PJM Plan to Buy Power for Projected Data Center Growth

Taylor Millard: PJM puts data centers on notice

Bring enough power to operate or risk being forced to cut electricity use when the grid is strained.

Second Largest US Grid Operator Proposes Reliability Rules For Data Centers

Second Largest US Grid Operator Proposes Reliability Rules For Data Centers By Ethan Howland of UtilityDive The Midcontinent Independent System Operator - the second largest US grid operator after PJM Interconnection - on Friday proposed a set of requirements large loads must meet before they can connect to the grid, including ramping and ride-through specifications. The “interconnection reliability requirements” framework aims to improve MISO’s…

Taylor Millard: Largest U.S. grid puts data centers on notice (Opinion)

Bring enough power to operate or risk being forced to cut electricity use when the grid is strained.

Maryland Consumer Advocate Challenges PJM Plan to Buy Power for Projected Data Center Growth

Maryland’s ratepayer protection agency is fighting on two fronts simultaneously to shield households from paying hundreds of millions more in costs related to projected power demand—much of it linked to data centers that may never get built.  In recent weeks, the Office of People’s Counsel has asked federal regulators to reject regional grid operator PJM Interconnection’s plan to procure additional power to ensure grid reliability. In case that …