Matthew Connatser reports via The Register: Utility firms American Electric Power (AEP) and Exelon have filed an official objection with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) over Talen Energy’s nuclear power deal with Amazon. Back in March, Amazon bought a nuclear-powered datacenter from Talen Energy — an operator of electricity generation and transmission facilities in the US. As part of the deal, Amazon would get 480 MW straight from the 2.7 GW Talen nuclear power plant in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, and may even be able to upgrade to 960 MW down the line. However, that Susquehanna atomic plant also provides power to PJM Interconnection, the regional power grid operator for much of the eastern US. The two companies — Talen and PJM — have an interconnection service agreement (ISA) that sets the rules for how Talen should deliver power to PJM’s transmission system.
To better accommodate the nuclear datacenter, Talen and