FERC Rejects PJM’s Plan to Protect Electricity Reliability and Consumer Bills from Data Centers

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FERC's rejection of PJM's plan enables harm to grid reliability, consumer costs, and climate goals. | The FERC decision weakens protections for electricity reliability and consumer affordability, directly undermining SDGs 7, 9, and 11. It also risks exacerbating climate change (SDG 13) by enabling unchecked energy consumption by data centers. The lack of regulatory safeguards disproportionately harms vulnerable populations, violating UDHR Article 25 and increasing inequalities (SDG 10). The net