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Primarily to Serve a Large Load Customer: Indiana's Commission Approves a Utility's Storage and Solar Project
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved on October 7, 2026 a utility's project of two stand-alone battery systems and a hybrid solar plus storage resource, proposed "primarily to provide the requisite incremental energy and capacity" for a customer's planned data center site.
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Who Would Be Curtailed First: The Pennsylvania Commission's Proposal for Certain Large New Loads
On October 1, 2026, Pennsylvania's utility commission proposed that certain large new loads that have not secured sufficient new electric capacity be subject to curtailment before other customers when supply is tight. A formal comment period begins once the Tentative Order is published, and the commission anticipates considering a final order in January 2027.
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A Deadline for NERC's Own Plan: FERC's Order on Computational Loads
On July 16, 2026, the federal energy regulator directed NERC to file new or modified reliability standards for computational loads by December 31, 2026, the date NERC had already said it intended to meet. The order says NERC must address the concerns with greater certainty than voluntary timelines provide.
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A Longer Minimum Term and a Lower Threshold: The Wisconsin Commission's Preliminary Decision on a Very Large Customer Tariff
On April 24, 2026, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin said it had made major modifications to one utility's tariff for very large customers. Its release is an overview of preliminary decisions, and the final order, it says, is the official action.
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Must Foot the Bill: Michigan's Commission Approves Battery Storage for a Data Center
On March 27, 2026, Michigan's Public Service Commission approved six energy storage projects for a utility, three of them to serve a data center whose developer must pay to develop storage that matches the data center's contracted demand. The same release recorded that the commission denied petitions for rehearing on the data center's special contracts.
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Protections for Existing Customers: The Michigan Commission's Issue Brief on Data Centers and Other Large Loads
An issue brief of the Michigan Public Service Commission, dated November 6, 2025, says an order on one utility's tariff establishes a minimum contract length, a minimum bill and an exit fee for data centers and other new very large load customers, and requires substantial collateral. The brief says it is not a substitute for the commission's orders.
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Filed No Later Than March 31, 2025: Section 4905.311 of the Ohio Revised Code
A section of the Ohio Revised Code, effective August 14, 2025, allows an electric distribution utility to supply behind the meter electric generation service, provided the facilities it intends to use were filed with the public utilities commission no later than March 31, 2025. It says which costs the utility shall not recover from retail customers who are not receiving that service.
