Gravel2Gavel Construction & Real Estate Law Blog
On December 18, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
issued a pivotal order to PJM Interconnection, the nation’s largest regional wholesale power grid operator running the transmission system in the Mid-Atlantic region. The Order intends to help reshape how large loads—especially data centers—connect to the grid in the face of massive load growth from artificial intelligence (AI) hyperscalers.