The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) denied a revised Interconnection Service Agreement (ISA) proposed for an Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center linked to Talen Energy’s Susquehanna Nuclear plant in Pennsylvania. The proposal sought to increase co-located load capacity from 300 MW to 480 MW, but FERC voted 2-1 against it, with concerns about fairness and cost impacts on ratepayers. FERC’s decision emphasized the lack of sufficient justification for deviating from standard transmission protocols and the potential precedent it could set.
Opponents argued that the changes would unfairly shift transmission costs to PJM customers and potentially jeopardize grid reliability. The broader industry debate continues over co-locating large data centers at generation sites, which could help address rising energy demand, especially as data center electricity consumption is projected to increase significantly in coming years.
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