Scope
The Kentucky Public Service Commission order in Case No. 2026-00115, entered 21 August 2026, approves the Retail Electric Service Agreement among Big Rivers Electric Corporation, Kenergy Corp. and TeraWulf (through its subsidiary Justified DataPower LLC) for retail electric service to TeraWulf's proposed data center campus at the former Century Aluminum Hawesville facility in Hancock County, which the order describes as having a Maximum Contract Demand of 482 MW. The agreement is approved for service rendered on and after the date of service of the order, and any amendment needs prior Commission approval.
- Geographic scope
- Big Rivers Electric Corporation and Kenergy Corp. service to the Hawesville data center campus, Hancock County, Kentucky
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Regulator or commission
- Issuing authority
- Kentucky Public Service Commission
Dates
- Adopted
- 21 August 2026
- Effective
- Effective date not stated in the source
- Scheduled expiration
- See completion condition
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- The order states no end date; the agreement runs on its own terms and amendments require Commission approval.
- Source document
- 21 August 2026
- Last checked
- 23 September 2026 (earlier than tracker date 5 October 2026; not an automatic status change)
Summary
On 21 August 2026 the Kentucky Public Service Commission approved a Retail Electric Service Agreement under which Big Rivers Electric Corporation supplies wholesale power to Kenergy Corp. for retail delivery to TeraWulf's planned data center campus at the former Century Aluminum Hawesville site in Hancock County (Maximum Contract Demand 482 MW). The Commission found the agreement reasonably allocates market-price, load-reduction and facility-cost risk of serving the data center to TeraWulf, approved it for service on and after the date of service of the order, and required any amendment to come back for approval.
What this does not establish
- The agreement itself was not opened; its terms are described only as the order summarizes them, and parts were granted confidential treatment.
- The order approves service from the date of service of the order; that service date is not printed in the text read, so no effective day is given.
- Rehearing requests or later amendments after 21 August 2026 were not checked.
- It applies to one customer site served by Big Rivers and Kenergy, not statewide.
Unresolved questions
None recorded.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- No related action is recorded.
Sources
https://psc.ky.gov/pscscf/2026%20Cases/2026-00115/20260821_PSC_ORDER.pdf
- Kentucky PSC 2026 case index entry for Case No. 2026-00115 official case caption and filing date