Tag: power
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Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is currently developing a new participation model known as Price Adaptive Load (PAL) Service, designed to integrate flexible loads into the wholesale market and transmission system. Originating from SPP’s Large Load Initiative, PAL addresses a stakeholder need for a permanent, non-firm transmission service option for loads that can vary their consumption…
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On June 18, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a landmark suite of six “show cause” orders directed at the nation’s major Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and Independent System Operators (ISOs). This action targets the “unprecedented growth” of large loads, such as data centers and industrial electrification, which FERC warns are currently being…
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We have reached an unprecedented inflection point in the history of the American electric grid. For decades, power demand remained relatively flat, but the explosive rise of generative artificial intelligence has rewritten the calculus of national energy needs overnight. As the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) convened for its landmark June 2026 meeting, the atmosphere…
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The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is transitioning from a sequential interconnection study process to a centralized Batch Study Process for Large Load Interconnection (LLI) requests. This shift addresses the “restudy loop” inherent in the previous paradigm, where individual studies often became invalid as neighboring loads changed status, leading to constant rework and uncertainty.…