Grid curtailment requirement in MISO grid emergencies

Subject kind: regulatory
Statement date: 2026-08-21
Current status: stated

The claim, verbatim

TeraWulf must curtail electricity use during MISO grid emergencies to prevent rolling blackouts

Source (primary)

KY utility regulator OKs electricity contract for TeraWulf’s Hancock County data center project - WEKU (-, news_article)
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Quote: “As part of its contract, any grid emergency in MISO that maximizes power demand would require TeraWulf to curtail its use of electricity rather than trigger rolling blackouts.”

How we checked this

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What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.weku.org/the-commonwealth/2026-08-21/ky-utility-regulator-oks-electricity-contract-for-terawulfs-hancock-county-data-center-project?_amp\\u003dtrue) in full (11,588 characters, retrieved August 31, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.

Additional evidence

confirms KY utility regulator OKs electricity contract for TeraWulf’s Hancock County data center project - WEKU

Quote: “As part of its contract, any grid emergency in MISO that maximizes power demand would require TeraWulf to curtail its use of electricity rather than trigger rolling blackouts.”

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