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US FERC issues data center hookup order amid energy reserve shortfall

By Emma Whitford ( December 18, 2025, 21:18 GMT | Insight) -- The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a long-awaited order Thursday aimed at speeding up energy hookups for artificial intelligence data centers in the mid-Atlantic, even as commissioners expressed dismay that the region’s grid operator has fallen short of its target energy reserve margin for the year starting in mid-2027. The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a long-awaited order Thursday aimed at speeding up energy hookups for artificial intelligence data centers in the mid-Atlantic, even as commissioners expressed dismay that the region’s grid operator has fallen short of its target energy reserve margin for the year starting in mid-2027....

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