Talen Energy on Dec. 23 said it intends to pursue appellate remedies after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said that it would not immediately address a Talen Energy request for rehearing of a Commission order that rejected an amended Interconnection Service Agreement among PJM, Susquehanna Nuclear LLC and PPL Electric Utilities tied to a data center in Pennsylvania.
FERC on Nov. 1 rejected an amended Interconnection Service Agreement among PJM, Susquehanna Nuclear LLC -- a Talen division -- and PPL Electric Utilities tied to data center in Pennsylvania.
The Amended ISA calls for modifying an existing ISA to increase the amount of co-located load from 300 megawatts to 480 MW and to make revisions related to the treatment of this co-located load.
The Amended ISA relates to Susquehanna’s 2,520 MW nuclear generating facility located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, which consists of two 1,260 MW units interconnected to the PJM transmission system. PJM filed, and the Commission accepted, the first ISA for Susquehanna and PPL in 2015.
Earlier this year, Talen Energy announced that it had entered into a $650 million agreement with Amazon Web Services for the sale of a data center campus to AWS that will be powered by the Susquehanna nuclear power plant.
On November 20, 2024, Talen filed a motion for rehearing at FERC seeking reconsideration of the Commission’s November 1, 2024, order.
The Commission on Dec. 23 issued an order stating that it would address the request for rehearing in a future order.
“The Commission’s decision not to address the merits of the motion for rehearing within thirty days of filing makes the original November 1, 2024, order ripe for appeal to the appropriate United States Circuit Court of Appeals,” Talen said.
Talen intends to pursue its appellate remedies.
“We continue to execute under the current ISA and work with AWS on alternative commercial solutions to expand beyond the approved 300-megawatt ISA,” it said.
