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Pennsylvania's public utility commission hired Synapse Energy Economics to assess whether AI datacenters are straining the state's electrical grid.

Regulatory scrutiny of AI datacenter power demand signals policymakers are treating grid risk seriously, potentially triggering load-management rules or permitting limits in major regions.

업계 전문지Slicast · 2026년 9월 15일 15:52 UTC · 미국 · 출처: Marcellus Drilling News

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Synapse Energy Economics, the Massachusetts consulting firm paid by environmental groups in 2023 to produce a report claiming Pennsylvania's RGGI carbon tax would lower electric bills, has now been hired by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to assess the impact of data centers on the electric grid.

The PUC released the Synapse study on Monday with striking findings: under PJM's own load forecast, the regional grid fails to meet its reliability target every year from 2027 through 2030. By 2030, the risk of blackouts reaches nearly six times the standard threshold. According to the study, data centers are the primary driver of this reliability crisis.

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