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 happens to network upgrades associated with data center projects if the load doesn't appear? Would that mean customers would have to pay for it?