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The Energy Secretary told FERC to write interconnection rules for large loads

On 23 October 2025 the Secretary of Energy used the Department of Energy Organization Act to put an advance notice of proposed rulemaking before FERC on how large loads, data centers among them, connect to the interstate transmission system. FERC opened Docket RM26-4-000, took comments, and listed the docket at its open meeting of 18 June 2026.

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AIA-2026-0001
Kind
Grid and large load rules
Jurisdiction
United States
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  • FERC's own regulatory agenda records that on 23 October 2025 the Secretary of Energy proposed an advance notice of proposed rulemaking on the timely and orderly interconnection of large loads.
  • The proceeding is Docket No. RM26-4-000, Interconnection of Large Loads to the Interstate Transmission System.
  • The agenda timetable prints a notice inviting comments on 27 October 2025, a comment period closing 21 November 2025 and reply comments closing 5 December 2025.
  • FERC's Sunshine Act notice put RM26-4-000 first on the electric agenda of the 1137th meeting, held 18 June 2026.
  • FERC's own agenda entry lists the next action as undetermined, so no final rule stands in the docket.
  • The statutory authorities listed include 42 U.S.C. 7173, section 403 of the Department of Energy Organization Act, not the Federal Power Act.
  • K&L Gates reports that the proposed reforms would reach new standalone loads greater than 20 MW and loads greater than 20 MW sharing a point of interconnection with generation.

Figures

Every number, with who measured it and when

  1. 20 MW

    Large load threshold in the proposed reforms, as reported by counsel

    K&L Gates, DOE Directs FERC to Take Action on Large Load Interconnection, secondary source, as of .

What it changes

For an operator, a utility or a community

An operator planning a campus on the interstate system should read the docket rather than the headlines: the rules that would standardise queue position, study timelines and shared points of interconnection are still being written, and FERC has not committed to a date. A utility should expect its interconnection procedures for loads above the threshold to be compared against a federal template. A community should note that the proceeding is about speed and order of connection, not about who pays, which is settled state by state.

Sources

What this record was verified against

  1. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Regulatory Agenda, Federal RegisterPrimary · 14 August 2026
  2. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Sunshine Act Meeting Notice, Federal RegisterPrimary · 16 June 2026
  3. K&L Gates, DOE Directs FERC to Take Action on Large Load InterconnectionSecondary · 30 October 2025

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According to the GAGE AI Infrastructure Atlas (as of 15 September 2026), the energy secretary told ferc to write interconnection rules for large loads.
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GAGE (Global Academy of Generative-AI Education). (2026). The Energy Secretary told FERC to write interconnection rules for large loads. AI Infrastructure Atlas. Retrieved 15 September 2026, from https://www.gage.academy/tools/ai-infrastructure-atlas/records/AIA-2026-0001-doe-anopr-ferc-large-load-interconnection
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"The Energy Secretary told FERC to write interconnection rules for large loads." AI Infrastructure Atlas, GAGE (Global Academy of Generative-AI Education), 15 September 2026, https://www.gage.academy/tools/ai-infrastructure-atlas/records/AIA-2026-0001-doe-anopr-ferc-large-load-interconnection.
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