RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The watchdog agency that independently oversees Virginia’s energy grid, along with other states, has filed a complaint urging the federal government to halt the connection of large data centers due to reliability concerns.
As first reported by the Richmond Times-Dispatch, on Nov. 25, Monitoring Analytics, LLC — a independent watchdog — filed a complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) against the regional energy grid operator PJM Interconnection, LLC.
PJM operates the regional energy grid, coordinating the movement of electricity between 13 states, including Virginia, as well as Washington, D.C., serving roughly 67 million people throughout the region.
Energy providers like Dominion Energy and Rockland Electric coordinate their operations through PJM to reduce costs and make major power outages less likely…