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— 15 entries in the record.
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Jun 20, 2025
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Jun 25, 2026
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2026-06-25
DeSoto County, FL commissioners direct moratorium on new data centers — but carve out pending 4GW DCIP gas hyperscale campus
3 src
confirmed
2026-06-16
Imperial County, CA reverses its own data center approval, enacts 45-day moratorium; developer files restraining order
3 src
confirmed
2026-06-10
Gov. Abbott directs PUCT to require data centers to fully fund own electric infrastructure; PUCT must act to reduce residential transmission costs by July 31, 2026
4 src
Greg Abbott · Public Utility Commission of Texas · ERCOT
confirmed
2026-06-10
Oregon PUC Delays PGE Data-Center Large-Load Rate Ruling to July; 29% Rate Hike at Issue Under POWER Act
1 src
confirmed
2026-06-02
Monterey Park becomes first U.S. city to ban data centers (88% vote) as Arizona, Illinois, Oklahoma pull back incentives
3 src
confirmed
2026-05-01
DOE §202(c) emergency coal-retention order log through May 2026: 43+ orders, ~4.4 GW stalled across 6 plants, D.C. Circuit challenges filed
10 src
Chris Wright · Department of Energy · NIPSCO · Earthjustice · +1
confirmed
2026-04-16
FERC misses DOE-ordered April 30 deadline on large-load interconnection Docket RM26-4-000 — issues Intent to Act order committing to June 2026 action
6 src
Chris Wright · Department of Energy
confirmed
2026-03-16
PUCT issues draft report in Project 58484 recommending Texas shift from 4CP to multi-peak transmission cost methodology — final rules required by December 31, 2026
4 src
Public Utility Commission of Texas · ERCOT · Greg Abbott
confirmed
2026-01-19
EPA issues Section 7(b) Brownfield/Superfund AI datacenter reuse guidance on EO deadline — CERCLA liability retained, energy and water proximity required
6 src
Lee Zeldin · Department of Energy
confirmed
2025-10-31
Beale Infrastructure (Blue Owl) breaks ground on $1B Project Clydesdale data center campus in Owasso, Oklahoma
2 src
Blue Owl Capital
confirmed
2025-10-23
Energy Secretary Wright invokes rare DOE-over-FERC directive authority to compel ANOPR on large-load interconnection — Docket RM26-4-000 — final action ordered by April 30 2026
6 src
Chris Wright · Department of Energy
confirmed
2025-07-24
DOE selects four federal sites for AI datacenter buildout — Idaho National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Reservation, Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Savannah River Site — implementing Section 3 of the July 23 EO
5 src
Chris Wright · Department of Energy
confirmed
2025-07-23
Trump signs Executive Order 'Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure' — 100 MW threshold, NEPA categorical-exclusion creation directive, <50% federal-financial-assistance carve-out from NEPA 'major Federal action'
7 src
Donald Trump · Howard Lutnick · Chris Wright · Doug Burgum · +5
confirmed
2025-07-23
White House releases 'Winning the Race: America's AI Action Plan' — 90+ federal policy initiatives across innovation, infrastructure, and international diplomacy pillars; companion to datacenter permitting EO
5 src
Donald Trump · David Sacks · Howard Lutnick · Chris Wright · +1
confirmed
2025-06-20
Texas Gov. Abbott signs SB 6 — large-load (≥75 MW) interconnection reform; mandatory remote-disconnect / curtailment for entrants post Dec 31 2025; bellwether state model for the federal FERC ANOPR
6 src
Greg Abbott · Public Utility Commission of Texas · ERCOT · Texas Legislature
confirmed