Supports making requirements for data centers to bring their own new generation capacity online permanent.

Frank Pallone, Jr. · New Jersey · Democratic

policy impact 0.66 specificity 0.88 extraction confidence 90%

Commitment kind: outcome. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: Data centers are permanently required to bring their own new generation capacity online.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. As Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member, Pallone urged FERC to strengthen PJM data center rules to protect mid-Atlantic electricity customers.

Occurrences

Pallone writes that while he supports these goals, FERC should impose the following improvements to strengthen them: Ensure that data centers are responsible for all the costs they cause, not just for new power plants designed to shore up reliability; Make the requirement for data centers to bring their own new generation capacity online permanent; and Make the proposed data center registry public so that every American has access to the information they need to protect and empower their communities.

Pallone urged FERC to make PJM's requirement that data centers bring new generation capacity online permanent.

Pallone Urges FERC to Protect PJM Customers with Stronger Data Center Rules | Democrats, Energy and Commerce Committee
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Evidence

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PJM’s requirement that new data centers bring their own new generation capacity effectively turns off and resets if PJM can meet its reliability requirement for three years in a row.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Pallone directly objected to PJM’s temporary reset mechanism and urged FERC to make the data-center new-generation requirement more durable, but this was an advocacy step rather than an enacted or approved permanent rule.

unresolved same_term A for effort

ferc.2026.09.28-letter.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 96%

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If passing data center costs onto other customers is unjust and unreasonable now, it would still be unjust and unreasonable in three years – FERC must reject that part of PJM’s proposal.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): This states Pallone’s rationale for rejecting the three-year off-ramp in PJM’s proposal, supporting the claim that he favors making the requirement permanent. The requested FERC action remained unresolved.

unresolved same_term A for effort

ferc.2026.09.28-letter.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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Interim Resource Adequacy Service (IRAS) provides a framework to connect new Large Load customers that bring their own new power supply.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): PJM describes the relevant IRAS framework for large loads, including data centers, but the same page marked the IRAS filing as still pending FERC approval as of the refresh window.

unresolved same_term

PJM - Large Load
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%

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Docket No. ER26-3515-000 - Pending FERC Approval

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The official PJM status page showed the filing containing the bring-your-own-new-capacity and registry framework had not yet received FERC approval, so the permanent-requirement outcome was not delivered by October 5, 2026.

unresolved same_term

PJM - Large Load
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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New Large Loads can avoid this condition on taking transmission service by bringing new capacity to the system, as described below.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): PJM’s filing confirms the underlying proposed requirement mechanism, but it was a proposal before FERC rather than a final permanent rule.

unresolved same_term

20260813-er26-3515-000.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

unverified · Source version 80661 · locator unknown

Data centers must bring their own clean electricity generation capacity onto the grid and be willing to get curtailed first when there are grid reliability issues.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): During House floor debate, Pallone publicly endorsed the bring-your-own-generation concept, while also saying the pending bill was only a start. This is concrete support but not final policy delivery.

unresolved same_term A for effort

CREC-2026-09-15.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

Assessments

Public state: pending As of 2026-10-05 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

The verified commitment sought a permanent requirement that data centers bring their own new generation capacity online. Verified evidence shows Pallone directly pressed FERC to reject PJM's three-year reset/off-ramp, which is material advocacy toward the outcome, but the relevant PJM docket was still pending FERC approval as of the evidence provided. A pending proposal and advocacy do not establish enactment of a permanent requirement, so the outcome remains unresolved rather than delivered or partial.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%