On December 18, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) took a significant step to break up the log jam that is precluding large load and data centers to receive power in the PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) region of the United States.[1] FERC issued an Order finding that PJM’s existing rules that pertain to generation that interconnects with load behind the point of interconnection (BTMG) are unjust and unreasonable and must be revised. FERC’s directives to PJM likely signal what FERC may require in some form throughout the nation.
