Feds Freeze Data Center Power Plan for Grid Serving 67 Million — over Who Pays

Feds accept grid operator's plan to address power shortfall from data centers

Federal regulators accepted PJM’s plan to secure more power as data centers drive demand higher, but delayed the procurement over concerns about how costs are allocated.

Feds freeze data center power plan for grid serving 67 million — over who pays

Federal regulators suspended a plan to secure new power for data center growth on the nation’s largest grid while they examine who should pay. The Federal Energy […]

"Deeply Flawed": Biggest US Grid Scraps Emergency Data Center Power Auction One Day After FERC Smackdown

"Deeply Flawed": Biggest US Grid Scraps Emergency Data Center Power Auction One Day After FERC Smackdown We have been documenting the slow-motion collision between the AI capex fantasy and the laws of physics since late 2025, when we noted that some of Oracle's OpenAI data centers were being pushed back to 2028 (Dec 12, 2025). Since then the delays have gone from anecdote to trend: in April we reported that half of US data centers scheduled to s…

FERC Slams Brakes on PJM's 'Deeply Flawed' Data Center Power Auction - Marcellus Drilling News

Well, that didn’t go as planned. PJM Interconnection, the outfit that runs the electric grid in all or part of 13 states (including Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia) plus D.C., was all set to open a one-time “emergency” auction on Sept. 30 to buy 6,831 megawatts (MW) of brand-new power supply, mostly to feed data...