Trump’s Energy Emergency Declaration Ensnares AI

Public Citizen tracks two fronts in Trump's push to power AI data centers: his January 20 national emergency declaration favoring coal, natural gas and nuclear generation, and a February 20 FERC rulemaking on large loads co-located at generating facilities. It flags EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin's seat on the new National Energy Dominance Council to fast-track data center approvals, and points to a November 2024 FERC order that blocked shifting Susquehanna nuclear capacity to an Amazon data center over consumer rate impacts. The piece urges advocates to line up litigation declarants and build support for Senate Joint Resolution 10 to nullify the emergency declaration.