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Energy & Grid Management
Kinsey Grant Baker
Kinsey Grant Baker
Energy Central Team
·Posted in Energy & Grid Management

NEWS: As data centers jostle to get on Texas' grid, ERCOT promises new rules for planning

ERCOT is launching "Batch Zero" to break the data center logjam. (Texas Tribune)

  • Overwhelmed by 225 new large-load requests last year alone, the Texas grid operator is abandoning its "single-file" review process for a new "batch" system that evaluates clusters of projects simultaneously to speed up connections.

  • The new approach introduces partial approvals (or "on-ramps"). For example: A developer asks for 500 MW by 2028, and ERCOT offers 100 MW for now while transmission lines are upgraded before offering the developer’s full ask in time.

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