DOE Presses FERC For New Rule To Manage Data Center Power Demand

Energy Secretary Chris Wright is pressing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to launch a rulemaking to speed the connection of data centers and other large electricity demand sources to the power grid, including a push winning bipartisan praise to prioritize facilities that agree to be flexible in their demand. The call in an Oct. 24 letter to FERC underscores efforts by policymakers to grapple with rising power needs from artificial intelligence (AI), including concerns about how to meet those...