Islanded Loads // Illinois Goes All-In on Flex // Data Centers Get the “Pay Your Way” Treatment
“Senate bill would let “fully isolated” mega-loads opt out of FERC and DOE oversight
A new Senate proposal would exempt fully off-grid power suppliers from the Federal Power Act and certain Department of Energy regulations, as long as the system is physically isolated from the bulk power system. The bill creates a new category of “consumer-regulated electric utilities” that can serve data centers and other large loads, provided the customer cannot rely on the grid even for backup.
This is a quiet but important reframing. Instead of forcing hyperscalers into an increasingly strained interconnection queue, the policy says: if you truly want to go it alone, you can.”
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