RTO Insider Daily Headlines: September 21, 2026

RTO Insider Daily Headlines for September 21, 2026. In this episode: • Nevada Governor Moves to Establish Data Center Guardrails (RTO Insider) Nevada’s Republican governor is signing a new executive order that sets regulatory parameters for data center projects amid growing public concern over the state’s approach to managing the power-guzzling facilities needed to support the booming AI industry. https://www.rtoinsider.com/144629-nevada-governor-moves-to-establish-data-center-guardrails/ • Virginia Gov. Spanberger’s New Data Center Rules Seek Cleaner, Cheaper Power (RTO Insider) Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger released a new framework for data centers that seeks to bring down costs for other customers and make electricity supplying the facilities cleaner, among other policies. https://www.rtoinsider.com/145098-spanberger-issues-data-center-framework/ • N.Y. PSC Directs Utilities to Report How They Use AI (RTO Insider) The order is a first step to assess utility AI use and could lead to regulations designed to minimize risks. https://www.rtoinsider.com/144185-psc-initiates-review-new-yorkj-utilities-use-ai/ • Is Compensating Utility Customers for Power Outages a Good Idea? (RTO Insider commentary) Electric utilities rarely compensate their customers for power outages, regardless of their duration and the damage they caused. https://www.rtoinsider.com/143524-is-compensating-utility-customers-power-outages-good-idea/ • MISO Stakeholders Repeat Calls for Fair Cost Splits on Large Load Tx Work (RTO Insider) MISO stakeholders are increasingly concerned about the potential for cost spillover from large load customers who require increasingly complex transmission projects onto the RTO’s other customers and said so in front of the RTO’s board of directors. https://www.rtoinsider.com/144200-miso-stakeholders-repeat-calls-fair-cost-splits-large-load-tx-work/ • Congestion Forces SPP to Issue Brief EEA Level 1 (RTO Insider) SPP says congestion issues on the eastern seam of its eastern balancing authority area led to the region’s first energy emergency alert in two years. https://www.rtoinsider.com/144447-congestion-forces-spp-issue-brief-eea-level-1/ • Utah-Nevada Tx Line Aims to Spur Geothermal Development (RTO Insider) The Bureau of Land Management has opened public comment for Silver Rock Transmission, a proposed 330-mile, up-to-600-kV line BLM says will help facilitate geothermal leasing in Nevada and Utah. https://www.rtoinsider.com/144253-utah-nevada-tx-line-aims-boost-geothermal-development/ • BPA Seeks $250M Rate Increase Following Spill Order (RTO Insider) The Bonneville Power Administration said it could hike power prices to mitigate a potential $250 million revenue shortfall after a federal judge ordered the agency to increase spill over dams to protect migrating salmon. https://www.rtoinsider.com/145147-bpa-seeks-250m-rate-increase-following-spill-order/ • Ohio Commission Advances AES Acquisition (RTO Insider) PUCO has approved a change in ownership for AES Ohio, but with an unusual proviso barring members of the company’s board from participating in all decision-making related to data centers if they have “pecuniary interests” in the industry. https://www.rtoinsider.com/144258-puco-approves-change-ownership-aes-ohio/ Chapters: 00:07 Introduction 00:14 Nevada Governor Moves to Establish Data Center Guardrails 00:32 Virginia Gov. Spanberger’s New Data Center Rules Seek Cleaner, Cheaper Power 00:48 N.Y. PSC Directs Utilities to Report How They Use AI 01:00 Commentary: Is Compensating Utility Customers for Power Outages a Good Idea? 01:13 MISO Stakeholders Repeat Calls for Fair Cost Splits on Large Load Tx Work 01:31 Congestion Forces SPP to Issue Brief EEA Level 1 01:45 Utah-Nevada Tx Line Aims to Spur Geothermal Development 02:03 BPA Seeks $250M Rate Increase Following Spill Order 02:22 Ohio Commission Advances AES Acquisition 02:39 Subscribe Read these stories and more at W-W-W dot R-T-O Insider dot com. Music provided by BreakzStudios.