As a part of the recently held (and published on Energy Central) USEA Press Panel Briefing on the topic of "How Data Centers Are Inexorably Upending the Utilities", audience members had several questions that we didn't have time to address in the live time with our experts. So we're reposting the question here as a discussion starter:
What commitments are data centers willing to make to ensure that the utilities are confident that they will be there, before they have to commit to building the new generation and transmission needed. There is uncertainty as to whether the data centers are going to show up! Will PG&E's "cluster process" solve this?