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FERC Grapples with Co-Located Load Arrangements to Service Exploding Data Center Power Demand
Gary Bridgens coauthored an article for the Mineral and Energy Newsletter, titled “FERC Grapples with Co-Located Load Arrangements to Service Exploding Data Center Power Demand.”
The article discusses how an unprecedented surge in demand from AI, in particular from data centers, is putting pressure on utilities to reliably serve new load, while regulators grapple with the prospective impacts of such service on the broader electric system, and how several Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) proceedings are poised to provide FERC with the opportunity to provide guidance regarding the federal regulatory framework for dealing with the grid impacts of such co-located arrangements.
