Grid: Powering Pennsylvania's Data Center Growth

Join Reed Smith lawyers as they look at current grid capacity and interconnection constraints, queue dynamics and what they mean for project timelines. They will also cover how to structure power procurement, including PPAs, on-site and behind-the-meter generation, and hybrid approaches. The session then turns to how much power data centers need and the generation options for meeting Pennsylvania's demand, from gas and nuclear to new SMR technology, including the regulatory, licensing, financing and co-location considerations. It closes with power permitting and siting in Pennsylvania: how proximity to transmission drives site selection, and the zoning and land use approvals that power infrastructure requires.

• Grid capacity and interconnection: current constraints, queue dynamics and what they mean for project timelines in Pennsylvania
• Power procurement: structuring PPAs, on-site and behind-the-meter generation, and hybrid approaches
• Power generation needs: the magnitude of power needed for data centers and the different generation approaches (gas, nuclear and new SMR technology) to meeting Pennsylvania's growing data center energy needs, including regulatory, licensing, financing and co-location considerations
• Power permitting and siting in PA: proximity to transmission in data center site selection, and zoning and land use approvals for power infrastructure

CLE Information: This program is presumptively approved for 2.0 general credits (1.0 credits for each webinar session) in California, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and West Virginia. Applications for CLE credit will be filed in Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, and Virginia. Attendees who are licensed in other jurisdictions will receive a uniform certificate of attendance, but Reed Smith only provides credit for the states listed. Please allow 4–6 weeks after the program to receive a certificate of attendance.