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 October 26, 2026
ERCOT Batch Zero: the ≥75 MW Large-Load Interconnection Process
What ERCOT Batch Zero is, why August classifications were delayed, what the September verification and community-impact RFIs mean, why the September 21 TCEQ permit pause and the October 19 compliance letter sit on the same audit, and why energization still waits on the December 10 audit.
Updated September 21, 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 adopted in §25.194, 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.