Load Factor Newsby Hollis

Data centers, power demand and the policy fights over both.

Load Factor News: Data centers, power demand and the policy fights over both.

Latest readingLevel of government:Commission

Florida PSC Denies Duke's Large-Load Tariff: A 20-Year Contract, but No Rate Behind It

In the first test of Florida's 2026 data center cost law, the Public Service Commission sent Duke Energy Florida back to file a large-load rate schedule and to cover customers that ask for interruptible service.

Load Ledger, this reading
ItemBodyLoadStageSrc
Duke Energy Florida Large Load Customer Policy and AgreementFlorida PSC, Docket 20260064-EI50 MW or more at one locationdenied; refiling required[1]
Florida Power & Light Large Load Contract Service tariffsFlorida PSC, Docket 20260149-EI—pending; hearing set[2]
CS/CS/SB 484, creating Section 366.043, F.S.Florida Legislature—law, Chapter 2026-65[3]
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Earlier readings

  1. FERC Opens Its Environmental Review of a $139 Million Pipeline Expansion Built to Fuel a Texas Panhandle Data Center's Gas PlantLevel of government:Federal
  2. Oregon PUC Closes the Record on Pacific Power's Data Center Tariff: No Posted Rate, a Contract for Each Site, a Nov. 13 Target
  3. Georgia Power Tells the PSC to Give Its Staff's Fuel-Cost Rules 'No Weight' as the Data Center Pricing Review Nears a Hearing
  4. Glendale Annexes Project Eagle/Baccara, 6-1: Three Data Centers, 18 Gas Turbines and an APS Substation Come Into the CityLevel of government:County
  5. Ohio Supreme Court Lets Lordstown Hold a $3.6 Billion Data Center Under Its Moratorium: A Draft Site Plan Is Not a Permit ApplicationLevel of government:County
  6. NRC Draft EIS Leans Toward Licensing Fermi America's Four AP1000s for a Behind-the-Meter Data Center CampusLevel of government:Federal
  7. Texas's Large-Load Interconnection Rule Takes Effect Oct. 8: $50,000 a Megawatt to Get Studied, and a 20% Haircut to Walk AwayLevel of government:Grid
  8. FERC Accepts PJM's Data Center Backstop Auction, Then Suspends It Five Months Over Who PaysLevel of government:FederalGrid
  9. Virginia's Executive Order 22 Draws a 25-Megawatt Line for State Help; Local Approval at 25 MW Waits for the LegislatureLevel of government:Grid
  10. Stokes County Rezones 1,849 Acres Next to Belews Creek for Project Delta, 3-2, With No Megawatt Figure on the RecordLevel of government:County