Energy Secretary Chris Wright directed FERC to start a rulemaking that will consider it claiming jurisdiction over the interconnection of large loads to speed up the buildout of AI data centers and reshored manufacturing.

The U.S. Department of Energy is looking for developers that want to build artificial intelligence data centers — and the power generation to run them — on two nuclear sites.

"Deep, collaborative partnerships combined with creative problem-solving are the only way we can meet the explosion of AI growth, as well as society's accelerating electricity demand," said Sheldon Kimber, CEO of Intersect Power.

Constellation filed a complaint at FERC seeking to formalize the guidance PJM has on co-located demand, saying it should be included in the tariff.

The dispute between Exelon and Constellation Energy continued to play out in FERC, as the latter and others protested a series of filings from the former’s utilities seeking to implement new rules for co-locating data centers at power plants in their territories

Exelon on Sept. 30 filed a petition for a declaratory order from FERC on its dispute with Constellation Energy over the latter’s effort to co-locate major loads at two of its nuclear plants.

FERC approved a CAISO plan meant to allow co-located resources to connect to the grid more quickly and seamlessly in the coming months.

NYISO is nearing a vote on market participation rules for hybrid storage and generation resources, with plans to submit the proposal in 2021.

RTOs will need uniform interconnection processes if hybrid and co-located resources are to provide flexible, cost-effective service, panelists in a FERC conference said.

The CAISO Board of Governors adopted the first of two proposals intended to allow co-located and hybrid resources to connect to the grid more seamlessly.