FERC rejects most of PJM's data center curtailment plan, approves load registry

Federal regulators rejected the bulk of PJM's proposal to manage demand from data centers and other large loads but greenlit a registry component to track power consumption.

First covered Oct 13, 2026 · 8:21 PM PT · 1 article · no longer in the live window

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28d Latitude Media FERC rejected PJM’s data center curtailment plan. What’s next for BYOC? — Federal regulators rejected most of the grid operator’s plan, but approved the implementation of a large load registry.

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Appeared in: 2026-10-14 (#1)

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