Regulatory Pulse

Grid Pulse | August 27, 2026 — NERC Racing a Year-End Deadline to Register and Regulate Data Center Loads
FERC has ordered NERC to finalize registry criteria and initial Reliability Standards for computational loads (data centers) by year-end 2026 under Project 2026-02 — a compressed timeline that puts every planner, RC, and TOP interconnecting a 20 MW-plus IT load on notice. Read more...
Federal review of six regional grid operators' large-load tariff responses
Grid Pulse | August 26, 2026 — RTO Show-Cause Response Window Closes on Large Loads; Ball Is Now in FERC's Court
The 60-day window for PJM, MISO, SPP, CAISO, ISO-NE, and NYISO to answer FERC's June 18 Section 206 show-cause orders on large-load interconnection has now closed, putting the six grid... Read more...
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Grid Pulse | August 25, 2026 — FERC Clears SPP's HILL/HILLGA Process, Opening a 90-Day Path for Large Loads and Paired Generation
FERC has accepted Southwest Power Pool's tariff revisions establishing the High Impact Large Load (HILL) and High Impact Large Load Generation Assessment (HILLGA) processes and the new Load Limited Resource... Read more...
Six regional transmission networks converging for federal review of large-load tariff responses
Grid Pulse | August 24, 2026 — FERC's Large Load Deadline Has Passed: What Six Grid Operators Just Told the Commission
On August 17, 2026, PJM, MISO, SPP, CAISO, NYISO, and ISO-NE hit FERC's deadline to justify or reform their large-load interconnection rules under six parallel Section 206 show cause orders... Read more...
PJM large-load interconnection filing balanced against grid reliability and ratepayer protection
Grid Pulse | August 23, 2026 — PJM Files Its Answer to FERC's Large Load Show Cause Order
PJM filed its proposed large-load interconnection framework with FERC on August 13, 2026, answering the Commission's June 18 show cause order and creating a new Interim Resource Adequacy Service to... Read more...
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Grid Pulse | August 21, 2026 — DOE Orders Wagner Unit 4 Back Online Through November
DOE issued a fourth consecutive emergency order (No. 202-26-25A) on August 19, 2026 keeping Wagner Unit 4 online through November 17 to shore up PJM's Mid-Atlantic resource adequacy. Read more...
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Grid Pulse | August 20, 2026 — DOE Orders Wagner Unit 4 to Stay Online for PJM Under Section 202(c)
DOE issued Federal Power Act Section 202(c) Emergency Order No. 202-26-25A on August 19, keeping PJM's Wagner Unit 4 in Maryland available to run through November 17, 2026 — a... Read more...
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Grid Pulse | August 19, 2026 — FERC's 60-Day Large-Load Clock Runs Out: All Six RTOs Had to Answer
FERC's June 18 Section 206 show cause orders hit their 60-day deadline on August 17, 2026, requiring all six jurisdictional RTOs/ISOs and their transmission owners to justify their existing tariffs... Read more...
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Grid Pulse | August 17, 2026 — DOE Keeps a Retired Coal Plant Alive in MISO for the Third Time This Year
DOE issued its third emergency order this year (Order No. 202-26-39, issued August 14) forcing MISO to keep the retired J.H. Campbell coal plant online through November 14, signaling a... Read more...
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Grid Pulse | August 16, 2026 — SPP Keeps West Balancing Area Under Resource Advisory as Heat and Low Wind Squeeze Reserves
SPP has kept its West Balancing Authority Area under a Resource Advisory since August 13, 2026, citing high peak loads, low wind output, and possible resource outages — a reminder... Read more...
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Grid Pulse | August 15, 2026 — Abbott Directive Freezes ERCOT's Data Center Interconnection Timeline
On August 3, 2026, Governor Greg Abbott directed ERCOT to add a verification step to its Batch Zero data center interconnection process, forcing ERCOT to seek a good cause exception... Read more...
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Grid Pulse | August 13, 2026 — NERC's Computational Load Clock Is Now Running Against a December 31 Deadline
FERC has directed NERC to finalize registry criteria and initial Reliability Standards for computational loads by the end of 2026, putting data center registration and compliance obligations on a hard... Read more...

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