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      "slug": "ercot",
      "name": "ERCOT",
      "kind": "iso",
      "posture": "Conditional",
      "one_liner": "Batch Zero study paused pending the statewide audit; self-generation paths still favored.",
      "posture_updated_at": "2026-08-17",
      "scorecard_code": "ERCOT"
    },
    {
      "slug": "pjm",
      "name": "PJM",
      "kind": "iso",
      "posture": "Restrictive",
      "one_liner": "Severe interconnection backlog plus cost-shift politics; the independent monitor pins data centers at roughly 46% of recent capacity cost.",
      "posture_updated_at": "2026-08-01",
      "scorecard_code": "PJM"
    },
    {
      "slug": "miso",
      "name": "MISO",
      "kind": "iso",
      "posture": "Conditional",
      "one_liner": "Capacity tightening; large-load timelines lengthening.",
      "posture_updated_at": "2026-08-17",
      "scorecard_code": "MISO"
    },
    {
      "slug": "spp",
      "name": "SPP",
      "kind": "iso",
      "posture": "Open",
      "one_liner": "High Impact Large Load path in place; queues lighter than the eastern RTOs.",
      "posture_updated_at": "2026-08-17",
      "scorecard_code": "SPP"
    },
    {
      "slug": "wecc",
      "name": "WECC",
      "kind": "iso",
      "posture": "Conditional",
      "one_liner": "Pockets of availability offset by transmission constraints.",
      "posture_updated_at": "2026-08-17",
      "scorecard_code": "WECC"
    },
    {
      "slug": "caiso",
      "name": "CAISO",
      "kind": "iso",
      "posture": "Conditional",
      "one_liner": "FERC Section 206 recipient; co-location and large-load tariff questions remain open.",
      "posture_updated_at": "2026-06-18",
      "scorecard_code": null
    },
    {
      "slug": "nyiso",
      "name": "NYISO",
      "kind": "iso",
      "posture": "Conditional",
      "one_liner": "FERC Section 206 recipient; the statewide New York pause sits on top of the ISO.",
      "posture_updated_at": "2026-07-01",
      "scorecard_code": null
    },
    {
      "slug": "tx",
      "name": "Texas",
      "kind": "state",
      "posture": "Paused",
      "one_liner": "Governor Abbott's audit conditions interconnection on self-generation, independent water, and financial self-sufficiency.",
      "posture_updated_at": "2026-08-03",
      "scorecard_code": "ERCOT"
    },
    {
      "slug": "ny",
      "name": "New York",
      "kind": "state",
      "posture": "Paused",
      "one_liner": "First statewide hyperscale data-center moratorium, in force while standards are developed.",
      "posture_updated_at": "2026-07-01",
      "scorecard_code": null
    },
    {
      "slug": "nj",
      "name": "New Jersey",
      "kind": "state",
      "posture": "Restrictive",
      "one_liner": "Assembly-passed large-load tariff (≥50 MW, 85% take-or-pay for 10 years) awaiting the Governor's signature.",
      "posture_updated_at": "2026-08-01",
      "scorecard_code": null
    },
    {
      "slug": "oh",
      "name": "Ohio",
      "kind": "state",
      "posture": "Conditional",
      "one_liner": "PJM is shifting large-load cost-allocation questions onto the states.",
      "posture_updated_at": "2026-08-10",
      "scorecard_code": "PJM"
    },
    {
      "slug": "va",
      "name": "Virginia",
      "kind": "state",
      "posture": "Restrictive",
      "one_liner": "Northern Virginia vacancy at record lows; local siting friction on top of PJM queue delay.",
      "posture_updated_at": "2026-07-01",
      "scorecard_code": "PJM"
    },
    {
      "slug": "us-federal",
      "name": "U.S. Federal",
      "kind": "federal",
      "posture": "Conditional",
      "one_liner": "FERC Section 206 large-load show-cause in flight; NERC computational-load registration proposed.",
      "posture_updated_at": "2026-08-19",
      "scorecard_code": null
    }
  ],
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    {
      "id": "ercot-batch-zero-pause",
      "jurisdiction": "ercot",
      "type": "interconnection_reform",
      "title": "ERCOT pauses Batch Zero large-load interconnection study",
      "citation": "ERCOT Market Notice M-A080326-01",
      "date": "2026-08-04",
      "url": "https://www.ercot.com/services/comm/mkt_notices/M-A080326-01"
    },
    {
      "id": "tx-abbott-audit",
      "jurisdiction": "tx",
      "type": "audit_self_gen",
      "title": "Texas Governor directs statewide data-center audit",
      "citation": "Office of the Governor, August 3, 2026",
      "date": "2026-08-03",
      "url": "https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2026/08/texas-gov-abbott-directs-data-center-audit"
    },
    {
      "id": "ferc-206-large-load",
      "jurisdiction": "us-federal",
      "type": "interconnection_reform",
      "title": "FERC Section 206 show-cause orders on large-load interconnection",
      "citation": "FERC, June 18, 2026 — PJM, MISO, SPP, CAISO, ISO-NE, NYISO",
      "date": "2026-06-18",
      "url": "https://www.ferc.gov/news-events/news/ferc-launches-aggressive-targeted-action-speed-large-load-integration"
    },
    {
      "id": "ny-moratorium",
      "jurisdiction": "ny",
      "type": "moratorium",
      "title": "New York enacts statewide hyperscale data-center moratorium",
      "citation": "Responsible Data Center Development Act",
      "date": "2026-07-01",
      "url": "https://www.jonesday.com/en/insights/2026/07/new-york-enacts-first-statewide-data-center-moratorium"
    },
    {
      "id": "nj-large-load-tariff",
      "jurisdiction": "nj",
      "type": "large_load_tariff",
      "title": "New Jersey Assembly passes large-load data-center tariff",
      "citation": "N.J. Assembly bill, ≥50 MW, 85% take-or-pay / 10 years",
      "date": "2026-07-15",
      "url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/new-jersey-lawmakers-pass-bill-to-establish-large-load-data-center-tariff/"
    },
    {
      "id": "pjm-imm-cost-shift",
      "jurisdiction": "pjm",
      "type": "cost_shift",
      "title": "PJM independent market monitor attributes ~46% of capacity cost to data centers",
      "citation": "Monitoring Analytics / Joseph Bowring, late July 2026",
      "date": "2026-07-28",
      "url": "https://www.utilitydive.com/news/pjm-data-centers-capacity-auction-imm-bowring/825626/"
    },
    {
      "id": "tx-puct-batch-zero",
      "jurisdiction": "tx",
      "type": "interconnection_reform",
      "title": "PUCT approves ERCOT Batch Zero process for ≥75 MW large-load requests",
      "citation": "Public Utility Commission of Texas, June 18, 2026",
      "date": "2026-06-18",
      "url": "https://www.utilitydive.com/news/texas-hits-pause-data-center-interconnections/827046/"
    },
    {
      "id": "ercot-75mw-batch",
      "jurisdiction": "ercot",
      "type": "interconnection_reform",
      "title": "ERCOT large-load batch study for requests of 75 MW and above",
      "citation": "ERCOT Batch Zero classification process",
      "date": "2026-06-18",
      "url": "https://www.ercot.com/services/comm/mkt_notices/M-A080326-01"
    },
    {
      "id": "pjm-states-plan",
      "jurisdiction": "pjm",
      "type": "cost_shift",
      "title": "PJM large-load plan shifts cost questions to the states",
      "citation": "Ohio Capital Journal, August 10, 2026",
      "date": "2026-08-10",
      "url": "https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/10/pjms-big-new-data-center-plan-make-the-states-figure-it-out/"
    },
    {
      "id": "spp-hill",
      "jurisdiction": "spp",
      "type": "interconnection_reform",
      "title": "SPP High Impact Large Load / Conditional High Impact Large Load Service",
      "citation": "SPP compliance filing, ER26-1323-002",
      "date": "2026-07-06",
      "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/09/2026-13883/combined-notice-of-filings-3"
    },
    {
      "id": "nerc-computational-load",
      "jurisdiction": "us-federal",
      "type": "docket",
      "title": "NERC proposed Computational Load Owner / Operator registration criteria",
      "citation": "NERC Rules of Procedure Appendix 5B posting, August 2026; FERC RD26-7-000",
      "date": "2026-08-19",
      "url": "https://www.nerc.com/globalassets/who-we-are/rules-of-procedure/proposed/computational-load-owner-or-operator-summary-of-changes-august-2026-posting.pdf"
    },
    {
      "id": "va-siting",
      "jurisdiction": "va",
      "type": "siting_env",
      "title": "Northern Virginia vacancy at an all-time low on record absorption",
      "citation": "CBRE Global Data Center Trends, June 2026",
      "date": "2026-06-15",
      "url": "https://hyperscapedigital.com/news/state-of-the-market-june-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "oh-cost-allocation",
      "jurisdiction": "oh",
      "type": "cost_shift",
      "title": "Ohio sits inside PJM's state-level large-load cost-allocation debate",
      "citation": "Ohio Capital Journal, August 10, 2026",
      "date": "2026-08-10",
      "url": "https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/10/pjms-big-new-data-center-plan-make-the-states-figure-it-out/"
    },
    {
      "id": "caiso-ferc-206",
      "jurisdiction": "caiso",
      "type": "interconnection_reform",
      "title": "FERC directs CAISO to justify or rewrite large-load interconnection rules",
      "citation": "FERC Section 206 show-cause, June 18, 2026",
      "date": "2026-06-18",
      "url": "https://www.ferc.gov/news-events/news/ferc-launches-aggressive-targeted-action-speed-large-load-integration"
    },
    {
      "id": "nyiso-ferc-206",
      "jurisdiction": "nyiso",
      "type": "interconnection_reform",
      "title": "FERC directs NYISO to justify or rewrite large-load interconnection rules",
      "citation": "FERC Section 206 show-cause, June 18, 2026",
      "date": "2026-06-18",
      "url": "https://www.ferc.gov/news-events/news/ferc-launches-aggressive-targeted-action-speed-large-load-integration"
    },
    {
      "id": "miso-ferc-206",
      "jurisdiction": "miso",
      "type": "interconnection_reform",
      "title": "FERC directs MISO to justify or rewrite large-load interconnection rules",
      "citation": "FERC Section 206 show-cause, June 18, 2026",
      "date": "2026-06-18",
      "url": "https://www.ferc.gov/news-events/news/ferc-launches-aggressive-targeted-action-speed-large-load-integration"
    }
  ],
  "filings": [
    {
      "id": "fr-2026-16776",
      "title": "America's Great Corridors of Commerce; Request for Information",
      "citation": "Federal Register 2026-16776",
      "date": "2026-08-18",
      "url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/18/2026-16776/americas-great-corridors-of-commerce-request-for-information",
      "type": "notice",
      "review_state": "detected",
      "jurisdiction": "us-federal",
      "source": "seed",
      "document_number": "2026-16776",
      "detected_at": "2026-08-18T00:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ]
}