The 60-Day Clock: FERC's Show Cause Orders and the Future of Large Load Tariffs

In this session, Matthew Rolnick unpacks FERC's June 18 show-cause orders directing all six RTOs to justify their large-load interconnection tariffs, walking through the regulatory framework behind the orders before demonstrating how to research and compare them inside HData. The session includes a live look at building a query, tracking how each RTO defines a "large load," generating a chronological summary of commission issuances, and exporting a shareable book report.

What you'll learn:

• How FERC's show-cause orders came about, from the Department of Energy's rulemaking petition to the six orders issued to RTOs, and how contested versus non-contested FERC proceedings work
• How to build a research session in HData: gathering docket documents, filtering by RTO and filing entity, and prompting the platform for procedural histories, chronological issuance tables, and cross-docket comparisons
• How to track how each RTO is defining the megawatt threshold for "large load," and how to follow related legislation, such as Sen. Cynthia Loomis's "Power Up" bill, alongside the FERC dockets