Regulatory Pulse

Grid Pulse | July 5, 2026 — PJM Likely Broke Its 20-Year Peak Record as DOE Data Center Curtailment Order Runs Through July 6
PJM's July 2 peak likely surpassed its 20-year-old all-time demand record while DOE 202(c) emergency orders — including first-of-their-kind authority to curtail data centers to backup generation — remain in... Read more...
Grid Pulse | July 4, 2026 — PJM Likely Shattered Its All-Time Peak Record and Nearly Curtailed Data Centers
PJM's July 2 peak likely exceeded its 20-year-old all-time demand record of 165,600 MW, forcing emergency demand response and a DOE 202(c) order authorizing data center curtailment as a last... Read more...
Grid Pulse | July 3, 2026 — PJM Pushes Toward All-Time Peak Record as DOE Emergency Orders Target Large Loads
PJM is operating under Maximum Generation and Load Management Alerts through the July 4 holiday as forecasted demand threatens its 2006 all-time summer peak record, backed by two DOE 202(c)... Read more...
Grid Pulse | July 2, 2026 — PJM Could Break Its All-Time Peak Today as DOE Emergency Orders Put Data Center Curtailment on the Table
PJM forecasts a 166,304 MW peak for July 2 that could break its 2006 all-time summer record, and has secured DOE 202(c) emergency orders allowing last-resort curtailment of data centers... Read more...
Grid Pulse | July 1, 2026 — DOE Orders PJM to Dispatch Reserves Ahead of Record Summer Peak
On June 30, 2026, DOE issued two emergency orders under FPA Section 202(c) directing PJM to dispatch specified generation and pre-position backup resources ahead of record-breaking summer peak demand in... Read more...
Grid Pulse | June 30, 2026 — FERC's 60-Day Clock on Large Loads Is Now Running
FERC's June 18 Section 206 show cause orders give the six RTOs/ISOs 60 days to justify or rewrite their tariffs for large loads like data centers — putting transmission planners,... Read more...
Grid Pulse | June 29, 2026 — FERC Issues Show Cause Orders to All Six RTOs on Large Load Integration
FERC's June 18 orders set July reporting and August tariff deadlines for six RTOs, with five reform areas for integrating data centers and other large loads. Read more...
Grid Pulse | June 28, 2026 — FERC's 60-Day Clock on Large Loads Is Now Running for All Six RTOs
FERC issued tailored Section 206 show cause orders to all six jurisdictional RTOs/ISOs on June 18, giving each 60 days to justify or reform how data centers and other large... Read more...
Grid Pulse | June 27, 2026 — FERC Gives the Six RTOs 60 Days to Fix Their Large-Load Rules
FERC issued tailored Section 206 show cause orders to all six RTOs/ISOs on June 18, giving them 60 days to justify or reform how data centers and other large loads... Read more...
Grid Pulse | June 26, 2026 — PJM Activates New Capacity Advisory and Backup Generator Emergency Procedures
PJM endorsed Manual 13 revisions on June 24, 2026, adding a Capacity Advisory and an Emergency Use of Backup Generators procedure — effective immediately — to manage capacity shortfalls driven... Read more...
Grid Pulse | June 25, 2026 — FERC Starts the Clock on Large-Load Tariffs
FERC issued Section 206 show cause orders to all six RTOs/ISOs on June 18, 2026, forcing them to justify or rewrite their tariffs for data centers and other large loads... Read more...
Grid Pulse | June 24, 2026 — FERC Puts All Six RTOs on the Clock Over Large-Load Tariffs
At its June 18, 2026 open meeting, FERC issued Section 206 show-cause orders to all six RTOs/ISOs—PJM, MISO, SPP, CAISO, ISO-NE, and NYISO—giving them 60 days to justify their existing... Read more...

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