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On October 31, 2025, FERC granted ISO New England’s (ISO-NE) request for a limited waiver of its Tariff and Billing Policy to refund, approximately $68,000 in Capacity Performance charges to Brookfield White Pine Hydro LLC...more
The expansion of energy-intensive technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, has placed unprecedented demands on the electricity grid. These large loads often require vast sums of firm energy and seek...more
Mexico's executive branch, through the Ministry of Energy (Secretaría de Energía or SENER), published in the Federal Register (Diario Oficial de la Federación or DOF) on Oct. 3, 2025, the Regulations of the Electric Sector...more
On October 28, 2025, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published an interim final rule (IFR) amending its loan guarantee regulations under 10 CFR Part 609 to implement the Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) provisions of the...more
Even as partisan rifts define Washington, lawmakers have found a rare motivator for bipartisan collaboration: data centers. Lawmakers from both parties believe the proliferation of data centers and development of the...more
Delaware has joined several states and federal agencies seeking to more closely regulate the impact of large loads interconnecting to the grid. On Sept. 22, 2025, the Delaware General Assembly introduced Senate Bill 205,...more
Key Takeaways - What is Happening? Citing rapid growth in large commercial and industrial electricity demand, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) directed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to initiate...more
On October 23, 2025, Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright, relying on his authority under Section 403 of the Department of Energy Organization Act, directed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the “Commission” or...more
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is directing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to initiate rulemaking it has proposed to give FERC jurisdiction over the interconnections of loads larger than 20 MW, to...more
By letter dated October 23, 2025, Department of Energy (“DOE”) Secretary Chris Wright (“the Secretary”) directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) to act to accelerate the interconnection of large retail loads,...more
Key Takeaways What’s Happening: Echoing Beveridge & Diamond’s recommendations from its 2024 report to the Washington Department of Commerce to speed development of renewable energy and other technologies necessary to meet...more
On Oct. 23, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) sent the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) a proposed Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR) related to the interconnection of large loads and directed FERC...more
Noting the Trump Administration’s commitment to revitalizing domestic manufacturing and driving artificial intelligence innovation, the Department of Energy (“DOE”) is pushing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”)...more
On October 23, 2025, Department of Energy ("DOE") Secretary Chris Wright sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC" or "Commission") directing it to initiate a rulemaking to accelerate the...more
Citing unprecedented electricity demand stemming from data centers and related domestic manufacturing, the US Secretary of Energy submitted a letter and proposed rulemaking to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)....more
The Department of Energy’s action is a critical part of the Administration’s focus on ensuring that data centers obtain access to the nation’s grid in a timely matter to ensure a reliable supply of power. ...more
On October 23, 2025, the Secretary of Energy (“Secretary”) invoked a rarely utilized provision of the Department of Energy Organization Act (“DOE Act”), directing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) to initiate...more
In a major move set to reshape how large loads connect to the grid, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) formally directed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to assert jurisdiction over load interconnections to...more
Key Takeaways - FERC recently accepted Southwest Power Pool’s revisions to its Open Access Transmission Tariff, establishing a new Provisional Load Process for transmission customers, effective August 4, 2025....more
The federal government continues to expand its role in shaping the development, use, and regulation of artificial intelligence across sectors. In recent weeks, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), the Department of...more
On October 10, 2025, FERC accepted Southwest Power Pool, Inc.’s (“SPP”) proposed revisions to its Open Access Transmission Tariff (“OATT”) to establish a provisional load interconnection process. SPP argued the provisional...more
The limiting factor for AI isn't talent, computing power, or algorithms. It's power. And that's not a distant problem. It's happening now. These aren't quiet tech facilities anymore. They're the energy equivalent of...more
On October 13, 2025, the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) released its Draft Final Proposal for Interconnection Process Enhancements (IPE) 5.0, continuing its multi-year effort to modernize and streamline the...more
Mexico's Ministry of Energy (Secretaría de Energía or SENER), on Oct. 15, 2025, sent to the National Commission for Regulatory Improvement (Comisión Nacional de Mejora Regulatoria or CONAMER) the draft order of the "General...more
Mexico's Ministry of Energy (Secretaría de Energía or SENER) sent to the National Commission for Regulatory Improvement a "Public Call for Priority Processing of Power Generation and Interconnection Permit Applications to the...more