ERCOT faces a Batch Zero delay after Governor Greg Abbott ordered audits of data centers before grid interconnection, raising fresh uncertainty for large-load projects in Texas. The move lands as NERC and FERC tighten scrutiny of reliability and grid governance.

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Recent Developments In Texas Data Center Interconnections And The ERCOT Batch Zero Process - Utilities - United States — Mondaq
Recent Developments In Texas Data Center Interconnections And The ERCOT Batch Zero Process - Utilities - United States ARTICLE 5 August 2026 # Recent Developments In Texas Data Center Interconnections And The ERCOT Batch Zero Process BSButler Snow LLP More #### Contributor Butler Snow LLP is a full-service law firm with more than 360 attorneys and advisors collaborating across a network of…
Amazon Pulls Plug on Contentious Lusby Data Center - The Southern Maryland Chronicle — The Southern Maryland Chronicle
Amazon Pulls Plug on Contentious Lusby Data Center - The Southern Maryland Chronicle Credit: ChatGPT Amazon Web Services has formally withdrawn its application to build a massive data center campus near the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Lusby, Calvert County Government announced, ending months of intense local debate over a project that had become one of the most contentious development…
NERC's Deadline and Large-Load Risks in NERC data center reliability — Microgrid Media
NERC's Deadline and Large-Load Risks in NERC data center reliability # NERC’s August 3 Data Center Reliability Deadline Arrives as Grid Operators Report on Large-Load Risks Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook Share on X (Twitter) Written by: Jonas Muthoni Updated Aug 3, 2026 • 5 min read The North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s August 3 reporting deadline for its Level 3…
PJM Governance and Stakeholder Reforms; Notice Requesting Post-Conference Comment | 91 FR 49430 — Federal Register
PJM Governance and Stakeholder Reforms; Notice Requesting Post-Conference Comment | 91 FR 49430 # PJM Governance and Stakeholder Reforms; Notice Requesting Post-Conference Comment Department of Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. AD26-7-000] On July 23, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) convened a Chairman and... - Published Tuesday, August 4,…
Equinix points to new audience for data centre CMBS — GlobalCapital
# Equinix points to new audience for data centre CMBS Published: 2026-08-04T20:02:57+00:00 Source: globalcapital.com (globalcapital.com) Language: en ## Story Equinix, the US-based data centre operator, issued a £280m data centre securitization last week, which took a new tack in wooing European investors to this still young asset class. Led by Goldman Sachs, the fixed rate note issued on…