Microsoft, PowerHouse Hillwood dispute data center service agreements

Microsoft and PowerHouse Hillwood Holding are in disputes over agreements laying out terms and requirements for serving their planned data centers in Wisconsin and Illinois, according to filings at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

The disagreements come after FERC in mid-June found that grid operators’ rules for interconnecting large loads may be inadequate.

In its “show cause” orders issued to the grid operators, FERC detailed five issues it wants regional transmission organizations and independent system operators to address in their large load interconnection rules, including the prevention of cost shifts and transparency into transmission costs….