United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2026_register executive 2026-04-21 article Notices D09002ee1e0bd6160 D09002ee1e0bd61b6 United States Department of Energy originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Commission withdraws a notice of inquiry, which sought comment on whether to revise the Commission's regulations that require a Regional Transmission Organization or Independent System Operator not to accept bids from an aggregator of retail customers that aggregates the demand response of the customers of utilities that distributed more than 4 million megawatt-hours in the previous fiscal year, where the relevant electric retail regulatory authority prohibits such customers' demand response to be bid into organized markets by an aggregator of retail customers. 91 FR 21283 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2026-04-21/2026-07713 2026-07713 fr21ap26-19 6717-01-P Docket No. RM21-14-000 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2026-04-21/2026-07713 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-21/html/2026-07713.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-21/pdf/2026-07713.pdf 4 p. 21283 21286 91 FR 21283 Participation of Aggregators of Retail Demand Response Customers in Markets Operated by Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators; Federal Register Vol. 91, Issue NOTICE 2026-07713 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 2026-05-21 Docket No. RM21-14-000 6717-01-P 2026-07713 Withdrawal of notice of inquiry and termination of rulemaking proceeding.

The Commission withdraws a notice of inquiry, which sought comment on whether to revise the Commission's regulations that require a Regional Transmission Organization or Independent System Operator not to accept bids from an aggregator of retail customers that aggregates the demand response of the customers of utilities that distributed more than 4 million megawatt-hours in the previous fiscal year, where the relevant electric retail regulatory authority prohibits such customers' demand response to be bid into organized markets by an aggregator of retail customers.

This withdrawal will become effective May 21, 2026. Kaitlin Johnson, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8542, Kaitlin.Johnson@ferc.gov. Participation of Aggregators of Retail Demand Response Customers in Markets Operated by Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators, Kaitlin.Johnson@ferc.gov https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00909 https://betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov/sites/default/files/attachments/Demand%20Response%20in%20Industrial%20Facilities_Final.pdf https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/infrastructure-and-cloud/global-network/demand-response-data-center-milestone/ https://gebroadmap.lbl.gov/A%20National%20Roadmap%20for%20GEBs%20-%20Final.pdf https://nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/publications/rethinking-load-growth https://www.brattle.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/The-Untapped-Grid-Mar-2026.pdf https://www.camus.energy/flexible-data-center-report https://www.pjm.com/-/media/DotCom/markets-ops/rpm/rpm-auction-info/20110513-2014-15-base-residual-auction-report.pdf https://www.pjm.com/-/media/DotCom/markets-ops/rpm/rpm-auction-info/2027-2028/2027-2028-bra-report.pdf https://www.utilitydive.com/news/virginia-leads-with-utility-scale-vpp-pilot-amid-national-push/747770/ Vol. 91, no. 76 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2026-04-21 continuing daily deposited born digital 137 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2026-04-21 P0b002ee1e0bc5f12 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr21ap26 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2026-04-21 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-21/pdf/FR-2026-04-21.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-21/xml/FR-2026-04-21.xml fdlp 21245 21371 DGPO 2026-04-21 2026-04-21 FR-2026-04-21 machine generated eng FR FR-2026-04-21 91 76