Regulatory Pulse

Grid Pulse | August 12, 2026 — The First Mandatory NERC Standard for Data Centers Goes Public This Month
NERC is posting the first proposed Reliability Standard for Computational Load Entities for a 45-day comment period this month, days after the August 3 reporting deadline closed on its Level... Read more...
Grid Pulse | August 11, 2026 — NERC's Computational Load Standards Hit the Comment Period This Month
NERC's Level 3 Essential Action Alert response deadline closed August 3, and the first-ever Reliability Standards for computational loads go out for a 45-day comment period this month — putting... Read more...
Grid Pulse | August 10, 2026 — ERCOT Freezes Batch Zero Classification for Data Center Large Loads
ERCOT missed its August 7 deadline to classify data center Large Loads in the Batch Zero Interconnection Study after Governor Greg Abbott directed a new verification process, putting the first... Read more...
Grid Pulse | August 9, 2026 — SPP West Stays in Conservative Operations Through Tuesday
SPP's West Balancing Authority Area remains under a Conservative Operations Advisory through Tuesday, August 11 — extending a stretch of near-continuous elevated grid alerts that began July 20 and briefly... Read more...
Grid Pulse | August 8, 2026 — FERC's 60-Day Clock on Large Load Tariffs Runs Out This Month
FERC's June 18 show cause orders gave all six RTOs and ISOs 60 days to justify or reform their large load tariffs — a deadline that lands in mid-August, days... Read more...
Grid Pulse | August 7, 2026 — Batch Zero Verdict Day: ERCOT Sorts 438 GW of Large Load Requests
ERCOT hits its August 7 Batch Zero deadline today, notifying applicants whether more than 438,000 MW of large load requests enter as Base Load, Studied Load, or Excluded Load —... Read more...
Grid Pulse | August 6, 2026 — The Level 3 Alert Window Closed. Your Answers Now Write the Standard.
Reporting on NERC's Level 3 Essential Action Alert for computational loads closed August 3, 2026, and the self-reported gaps in those responses now feed directly into the Reliability Standards being... Read more...
Grid Pulse | August 5, 2026 — DOE's $100 Billion Paducah Energy Hub Puts a 1.8-GW AI Campus on Co-op and Municipal Wires
DOE announced a $100 billion American Energy Hub at the Paducah Site in Kentucky — 2 GW of new gas generation, up to 2.6 GW of battery storage, and a... Read more...
Grid Pulse | August 4, 2026 — NERC's Level 3 Computational Load Alert Reporting Deadline Just Passed
NERC's Level 3 Essential Action Alert on computational load closed its reporting window at midnight Eastern on August 3, 2026, capturing self-reported gaps from TPs, PCs, TOs, BAs, RCs, and... Read more...
Grid Pulse | August 2, 2026 — NERC's Level 3 Computational Load Alert Responses Are Due Tomorrow
Responses to NERC's Level 3 Essential Action Alert on computational loads are due August 3, 2026, closing the first mandatory industry accounting of how data center loads are modeled, instrumented,... Read more...
Grid Pulse | August 1, 2026 — NERC Level 3 Alert Responses Due Monday: The Computational Load Clock Runs Out August 3
Responses to NERC's Level 3 Alert on computational loads — covering modeling, studies, commissioning, and operations for data centers and other large loads — are due via the NERC Alert... Read more...
Grid Pulse | July 31, 2026 — NERC's Level 3 Large Load Alert Response Is Due Monday
NERC's Level 3 Alert on computational loads requires TPs, PCs, TOs, BAs, RCs, and TOPs to submit responses via the NERC Alert System by Midnight Eastern on August 3, 2026... Read more...

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