HD Intelligence Desk

Large-load explainers

Standing pages for the processes the weekly brief assumes you already know. Updated when the rule changes. Not a recap of last Monday.

Updated September 14, 2026
ERCOT Batch Zero: the ≥75 MW Large-Load Interconnection Process
What ERCOT Batch Zero is, why August classifications were delayed, what the September 3 conditional sort and September 9 verification RFIs mean, and why energization still waits on the December 10 audit.
Updated August 31, 2026
Texas Senate Bill 6: Large-Load Interconnection and Curtailment
How Texas Senate Bill 6 governs ≥75 MW large loads in ERCOT, what the PUCT's first net-metering order held on curtailment, and why that sits next to the Batch Zero audit.
Updated September 8, 2026
Time-to-Power: the 35% Factor on the HD Market Scorecard
What time-to-power means for a new data-center large load, why it is 35% of Hyperscape Digital's market grade, and how ERCOT, PJM, SPP, MISO, and WECC currently differ.
Updated August 31, 2026
PJM Data-Center Capacity Cost: the 46% Figure
What PJM's independent market monitor reported on data-center share of capacity-auction cost, why it is the cost-shift in dollars, and how it sits in Hyperscape Digital's PJM grade.