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FERC rejects PJM's plan to curtail new data centers first in grid emergencies, but approves a large-load registry
In a 9 October order, US regulators rejected PJM's proposal to let the grid operator cut power to new large loads such as data centers that do not bring their own supply, saying the choice belongs to states, while accepting a 50 MW definition and a registry.
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