REGULATORY INTELLIGENCE TRACKER — DATA CENTERS & LARGE ELECTRICAL LOADS
Grid & Data Center Regulatory Tracker
49 measures · Federal, State & Local · Coverage from 2022 through May 2026
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Federal executive orders, FERC rulemakings (with 2022–2024 foundational precedents), congressional bills, and NERC standards.
◈ PRECEDENT — 2022–2024 foundational● IN FORCE — enacted/approved● PENDING — introduced/under review
Federal – FERCFoundational◈ PRECEDENT
Order 1920 NOPR: Long-Term Regional Transmission Planning (Origin)
Transmission Planning · 2022-04
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Federal – FERCFoundational / In Force◈ PRECEDENT
Order 2023: Generator Interconnection Queue Reform
Grid / Interconnection · 2023-07-28
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Federal – FERC / PJMFoundational / Resolved◈ PRECEDENT
Talen–Amazon Susquehanna Co-location Case: First Major Test
Co-location / Interconnection · 2023–2024
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Federal – FERCFoundational / Completed◈ PRECEDENT
Technical Conference: Co-location of Large Loads at Generating Facilities (AD24-11-000)
Grid / Co-location · 2024-11-01
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Federal – FERCFoundational / In Force◈ PRECEDENT
Order 1920: Long-Term Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation
Transmission Planning · 2024-05-13
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Federal – FERC / PJMFoundational / Resolved◈ PRECEDENT
FERC Show-Cause Proceeding: PJM Co-located Large Load Tariff
Co-location / Tariff · 2025-02-20
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Federal – ExecutiveIn Force
EO 14318: Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Centers
Permitting / Pro-Development · 2025-07-23
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Federal – ExecutiveIn Force
EO (Dec 2025): AI Litigation Task Force
Federal Preemption / Pro-Development · 2025-12-11
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Federal – DOE / FERCActive Rulemaking
DOE Sec. 403 Direction: Large Load Interconnection ANOPR (RM26-4-000)
Grid / Interconnection · 2025-10-23
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Federal – FERCIn Force
FERC Order: PJM Co-location Rules for Large Loads at Power Plants
Grid / Co-location · 2025-12-18
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Federal – FERC / SPPApproved
Southwest Power Pool HILL Initiative
Grid / Interconnection · 2026-01
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Federal – NERCPending
NERC Reliability Guideline and Potential Reliability Standard (Forthcoming)
Grid Reliability · 2025–2026
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Federal – CongressIntroduced
H.R. 6529: Protecting Families from AI Data Center Energy Costs Act
Consumer / Ratepayer · 2025
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Federal – CongressIntroduced
Clean Cloud Act of 2025 (Whitehouse / Fetterman)
Environmental · 2025
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Federal – CongressPassed House / Pending Senate
H.R. 4776: SPEED Act
Permitting / Pro-Development · 2025-12-18
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Coverage from 2022 through May 2026. Compiled from WilmerHale, Hogan Lovells, Carbon Direct, Gibson Dunn, NCEL, Stateside Associates, FERC, Virginia JLARC, and MultiState sources. Click any card to expand detail.