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Cliff · Data center policy snapshot · May 9

The ground under data center siting is shifting state-by-state

10restrictive

4permissive

2in-flight

ME16

WA1

MN8

WI9

OH10

UT3

CO2

VA15

AZ4

KS5

NC13,14

GA11

TX6,7

FL12

Restrictive (moratorium / ballot ban / cost-of-service)

Permissive (project / framework approved)

In-flight (RTO or regulator decision pending)

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Seattle · May 1
Mayor Wilson plans 365-day moratorium on facilities ≥10 MW
2
Colorado · May 7
House committee kills HB 1030 DC tax-incentive package 11-2 — first 2026 state defeat
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Box Elder County · May 4
9 GW Stratos campus approved unanimously — 40k acres, off-grid gas
4
Maricopa County · May 6
Project Baccara approved 4-1 — $36B / 700 MW gas DC near Luke AFB
5
Sedgwick County · May 6
90-day moratorium extended to Sep 11
6
ERCOT · May 19
TAC vote on PCLR Batch Zero (NPRR1325 + PGRR145) — effective Jul 10
7
El Paso · May 6
Meta closes ~$13B financing for 1 GW Sopaipilla campus — BTM gas
8
Hermantown · May 4
Council tables vote on Google $2B project + $80M / 28-yr abatement
9
Oneida County · May 8
Zoning advances proactive 1-yr moratorium — no proposal pending
10
Ohio · Jul 1
Constitutional ballot to ban DCs >25 MW — 413,488 signatures due
11
Bulloch County · May 6
Moratorium extended through December
12
Florida · May 7
DeSantis signs SB 484 — PSC must develop DC tariffs, effective Jul 1
13
Durham · May 4
60-day moratorium passed — 24-month follow-on intended
14
Northampton County · May 4
32-month moratorium passed unanimously
15
Virginia DEQ · May 7
APG-576 locks Tier 4 BACT as presumptive for emergency + non-emergency gen-sets
16
Maine · Apr 29
Gov. Mills veto of LD 307 sustained; advisory council established instead

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Mon, August 17, 2026

Paducah $100B+ NextEra/Brookfield 2 GW gas + 2.6 GW storage + 1.8 GW compute Jul 29 / Nvidia $105B backstop OpenAI 4.25 GW PORTS-Pike Ohio Aug 17 / Savannah River Amentum 1 GW + 2 GW gas / BLM first public-land approval appealed / EPA islanded BTM Acid Rain exemption Jul 16 + 60-day NOI / DOE 202(c) SPP + JH Campbell extended / 3 NIETCs canceled Aug 12 / six-RTO show-cause answers due TODAY Aug 17 all asked +3 months / Pledge 200+ utilities 23 governors / S.4214 0 cosponsors HR9442 13 / NoVA 3.8 GW trip Jul 22 largest in PJM history

The Trump administration's answer to the siting war is to route around it: federal land, federal fast-track, and federal emissions accommodation. The federal-site pipeline went from concept to $200B+ in five weeks. July 29: DOE announced a $100B+...

KFVS12 — Paducah DOE site picked for AI computing campus (Jul 29 2026) + Nvidia Newsroom — Nvidia guarantees SB Energy's PORTS-Pike Technology Campus (Aug 17 2026) + EPA — Clarification on islanded power generators and Acid Rain Program (Jul 16 2026) + DOE — NIETC cancellations (Aug 12 2026) + RTO Insider — Every ISO/RTO asks FERC for extra three months on large loads ↗

PJMSPPFERCEPAMoratoriumInterconnectionBehind-the-meter

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Mon, June 29, 2026

Spartanburg County SC / Jun 22 1 yr / pending ordinance doctrine fast track / Duke Energy Carolinas / Woodbury County IA / Jun 23 1 yr / Salix MidAmerican annexation carve out / MISO West / Cumberland County NC / Jun 15 6 mo / Duke Energy Carolinas / Jackson County MO / Jun 9 120 to 180 day extension / SPP MISO boundary / Lexington Fayette KY / Jun 9 until Oct 31 / KU LG and E / non-RTO non-IOU geographic expansion

Plain-English background. A 'data center moratorium' is a county or city ordinance that pauses all new data center applications for a fixed period (commonly 6 or 12 months) so the local government can write zoning rules, set impact fees, or just decide...

Fox Carolina — Spartanburg County votes to pause data center applications for one year (Jun 22 2026) + KTIV — Woodbury County passes moratorium on data center projects (Jun 23 2026) + Iowa Public Radio + cityviewnc.com — Cumberland County Enacts 6-Month Data Center Moratorium (Jun 15 2026) + KCTV5 — Legislature advances ordinance extending Jackson County data center moratorium to 180 days (Jun 9 2026) + Engage LexingtonKY — Data Centers in Lexington (Jun 9 2026) + interconnectedcapital.com US Data Center Moratorium Tracker 2026 ↗

PJMMISOCAISOSPPMoratoriumInterconnection

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Sun, June 28, 2026

ERCOT Batch Zero / 438000 MW queue / 90% data centers / 395000 MW DC load / July 10 Form W Part A deadline / July 24 ILLE to ERCOT / Aug classification cleared conditional further-study / Fall 2027 final transmission plan / PCLR optional accelerator / vs ERCOT 85000 MW system peak / 4.7x current system load

Plain-English version. Yesterday's edition framed July 10 as the ERCOT Batch Zero application deadline for large loads (≥75 MW). Today we have the actual scale number, which ERCOT's June 18 'Trending Topic: New Batch Connection Process for Large Electricity...

ERCOTPJMMISOSPPInterconnection

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Sat, June 27, 2026

ERCOT Batch Zero / PCLR / NPRR1325 PGRR145 / PUCT approved Jun 18 / effective Jul 10 / DSP TSP applications due Jul 10 / ERCOT submission Jul 24 / classification notices Aug / final transmission plan Fall 2027 / Batch 1 opens Summer 2027 / first formal large-load interconnection track in Texas

Plain-English background. ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) runs the Texas grid that covers about 90% of the state's load — everything except a few corners that sit on SPP or Eastern Interconnection. ERCOT is unique among US grid operators because...

ERCOTPJMSPPFERCInterconnectionHyperscaler

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Fri, June 26, 2026

FERC show cause orders Jun 18 / Section 206 / PJM MISO SPP CAISO ISO-NE NYISO / 30-day informational report Jul 20 / 60-day tariff response Aug 17 / 90-day abeyance request Aug 3 / five reform categories / cost-shift prevention is the big one / colocation + BTMG rules / flexible-load transmission services

Plain-English version. On June 18, 2026, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC, the federal regulator with jurisdiction over the interstate transmission grid) used Section 206 of the Federal Power Act to issue what are called 'show-cause orders'...

FERC — FERC Launches Aggressive Targeted Action to Speed Large Load Integration (Jun 18 2026) + Mondaq + Day Pitney summaries of the six Section 206 orders + Akin Gump abeyance analysis ↗

PJMMISOCAISOSPPMoratoriumInterconnectionBehind-the-meter

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Wed, June 24, 2026

FL moratorium wave / Clay final + Hernando, Lake first reading Jun 23 / Santa Rosa 3-1 to draft / Zephyrhills final / 5-8 FL jurisdictions in 5 weeks / SB 484 backdrop / water-first concern

Plain-English version of what happened. Tuesday, June 23 was the single most active moratorium day Florida has had — three county boards moved separate ordinances forward in a coordinated wave. Clay County (just south of Jacksonville, ~220,000 residents) gave...

Florida Politics — Three counties moving forward with one-year data center moratoriums (Jun 24 2026) ↗

ERCOTPJMMISOCAISOMoratoriumInterconnectionBehind-the-meter

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Sat, June 20, 2026

PJM / Dec 18 2025 co-location order / Feb 23 2026 Sec 205 compliance filing / Jul 31 effective date / abeyance candidate

The chronology. December 18, 2025, FERC issued a separate order (not yesterday's) directing PJM specifically to revise its tariff to provide clear rates, terms, and conditions for co-located load (a data center plus its own on-site generation, sitting at the...

Gibson Dunn — analysis of Dec 18, 2025 FERC order to PJM ↗

PJMMISOCAISOSPPInterconnectionBehind-the-meter

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Fri, June 19, 2026

FERC / 5-0 / Section 206 show-cause / 30-day + 60-day deadlines / six RTOs

Plain-English version of what FERC actually did. The expected path was a single final rule (or a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking) under Docket RM26-4-000 that would have set one national answer to 'who pays for the grid upgrades large data centers force.' FERC...

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission — press release on June 18, 2026 action ↗

ERCOTPJMMISOCAISOInterconnectionRatepayer protection

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Fri, June 5, 2026

FERC ANOPR / DOE Section 403 / decision due end of June

Plain-English framing. FERC regulates the interstate transmission grid. Until now, interconnection rules for loads (as opposed to generators) have been overwhelmingly state-level — a developer interconnects through whichever state PUC and utility happens to...

FERC / Utility Dive / Snell & Wilmer / White & Case ↗

ERCOTPJMMISOCAISOInterconnectionBehind-the-meterHyperscaler

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Tue, May 5, 2026

Sedgwick / moratorium

The Sedgwick County KS Board of Commissioners is set to vote tomorrow (May 6) on whether to extend the data-center application moratorium beyond its current June 11 expiration. Current pause sequence: enacted Jan 13, extended unanimously March 4, expiring...

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SPPFERCKansasMoratoriumInterconnection

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