Grid Strains and Emergency Measures: Inside the Ongoing Battle to Keep Pennsylvania’s Eddystone Power Plant Online

Executive Overview The U.S. power grid is experiencing a historic collision between a relentless wave of industrial electrification and a shrinking reserve of conventional power generation. Nowhere is this tension more apparent than within the footprint of PJM Interconnection, the massive regional transmission organization (RTO) coordinating the movement of wholesale electricity across 13 states and…

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The Eddystone Dilemma: How the AI Data Center Boom is Forcing Federal Energy Interventions

By Shane Snider Senior News Writer, Data Center Knowledge August 25, 2026 Executive Overview The race to power the artificial intelligence revolution has collided head-on with the physical realities of America’s aging electrical grid. In a decisive move underscoring the severity of the crisis, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a federal order requiring…

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