Show Notes
Maryland utilities are proposing very-large-load tariffs for 100 MW-plus customers to shield ratepayers from data-center interconnection costs. We also track Trump’s bulk-power equipment order, a Massachusetts battery cancellation after a $65 million grid-connection bill, and a possible 350 MW facility assessment at New Hampshire’s retiring Merrimack coal-plant site.
In this episode: Top stories: 1. SMECO Data Center Costs: New Rules Aim To Protect Customers — The Bay Net https://thebaynet.com/smeco-proposes-new-rules-to-keep-data-center-costs-off-customers-electric-bills/ 2. Three questions left open by Trump’s bulk power executive order — Latitude Media https://www.latitudemedia.com/news/three-questions-left-open-by-trumps-bulk-power-executive-order/ 3. What a canceled battery project in Tewksbury says about New England's aging power grid | WBUR News — WBUR https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/09/03/battery-storage-tewksbury-canceled-clean-energy 4. Eversource asked to assess potential 350 MW facility in Bow - WMUR — WMUR https://www.wmur.com/article/eversource-assess-350-mw-facility-bow-9226/73594468
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