Utility Dive: DOE's October interconnection-reform principles (the 'data center backstop / accelerated study' set) were due for FERC action by Apr 30. FERC tee'd up June instead. Adds a federal interconnection-reform docket on top of ER26-1088 / RM26-4 — a parallel federal track to watch alongside the May 18 PJM further-compliance deadline.
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Update to byog-byong-state-patchwork.md — the federal umbrella now has THREE clocks (RM26-4 EOY June, ER26-1088 May 18 PJM compliance, DOE backstop June). All three squeeze toward the same June window.
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