June 6, 2025
El Paso Electric to double power sales agreement with Freeport McMoRan
Amendment aims to establish a 200 MW ceiling on exchanges, doubling the current limit.
Large Loads
June 5, 2025
AES Ohio, Amazon partner on grid upgrade for Ohio data center expansion
The deal aims to ensure reliable power for Amazon’s growing Ohio data center operations while protecting AES Ohio customers.
June 5, 2025
SPP proposes fix to grid connection process for data centers
The new process aims to address backlog of connection requests by considering planned generation resources.
May 14, 2025
Western grid faces record load growth, reliability risks from data centers
Data centers in the Western Interconnection are dominating the grid connection queues, accounting for nearly 80% of total requests from large load customers.
December 11, 2024
Watchdog warns FERC on surging power demands, calls for overhaul of grid rules
Potomac Economics Ltd., in comments filed with FERC on Dec. 11, urged FERC to overhaul its interconnection and rate policies as massive electricity loads increasingly cluster with power generators.