Power & grid
FERC declines rehearing of Amazon Susquehanna power-expansion decision
Confirmed
- Date
- 2025-04-11
- Location
- Luzerne County, PA
- Category
- Power & grid
Reuters reported April 11, 2025, that federal energy regulators had denied a request that week to reconsider the decision blocking an expanded power arrangement for Amazon's data center directly connected to Talen Energy's Susquehanna plant. The underlying amendment sought to increase the co-located load from 300 to 480 MW. Reuters places the dispute in the context of growing AI data-center electricity demand. This is the rehearing disposition, a separate procedural milestone from the November 1, 2024 rejection already documented in this collection. It is not a shutdown of the data center or nuclear plant and does not establish a later power agreement. April 11 is the reporting date used here because the cited account describes the action as occurring that week rather than establishing a precise decision date in the verified passage.