Governor Greg Abbott froze 474 gigawatts of ERCOT data center interconnection requests on August 3. Inside the 525.5 MW curtailment order, the 30-minute shutdown rule, and the December 10 report.
"That pushes the Long-Term Load Forecast and the Reliability Assessment, and it puts the December 2026 Capacity, Demand and Reserves Report at risk."
And this will affect the timing of the 765 kV build. And time is absolutely not on the side of those projects. It just gives more time for the public backlash to grow.
One important clarification: The security deposit forfeit is only 20%. They proposed 80% initially, but this got flipped in April-May of this year. All the details are in PUC Case 58481.
"That pushes the Long-Term Load Forecast and the Reliability Assessment, and it puts the December 2026 Capacity, Demand and Reserves Report at risk."
And this will affect the timing of the 765 kV build. And time is absolutely not on the side of those projects. It just gives more time for the public backlash to grow.
Agreed. Timing is not ideal.
One important clarification: The security deposit forfeit is only 20%. They proposed 80% initially, but this got flipped in April-May of this year. All the details are in PUC Case 58481.
Noted with thanks.