Alabama PSC opens review of data center power contracts, sets August comment deadlines
The Alabama Public Service Commission is initiating a new proceeding to develop updated procedures and standards for electric-service contracts with large data centers. This aims to ensure that these contracts cover incremental costs and provide benefits to other Alabama Power customers, reflecting a new public-interest standard under state law Act 610. The move comes amid increasing scrutiny of data center energy demands across the state.
The Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) has opened a new proceeding aimed at overhauling how the state reviews electric-service contracts for large data centers. This initiative, headquartered in Montgomery, seeks to develop new procedures and standards for agreements between Alabama Power and data center customers requiring at least 150 megawatts of peak demand, in response to the