Interactive Summary of Flexible Retail Programs and Wholesale Markets
Workstream Deliverables
Retail Flexible Load Tariff Sample Dataset
This dataset provides a sample of 159 retail tariffs for large loads from 71 electric utilities across the United States. The dataset focuses on flexible load offerings for large loads, including Interruptible, Demand Response, and Standby / Backup / Cogeneration rates and programs.
Texas SB6 Explained: Addressing Large Load Impacts
This Quick Insight provides a discussion and analysis of Texas Senate Bill 6 that enacts changes for large electric loads seeking interconnection to the ERCOT-operated Texas grid
Co-locating Large Loads and Generating Facilities: Exploring Operations, Planning, and Allocation under Co-located Configurations: Summary of the FERC Technical Conference on Large Loads Co-located at Generating Facilities
This brief summarizes key discussions from a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)-hosted technical conference held November 1, 2024, to address the growing interest in co-locating large loads at generating facilities and the associated challenges including market integration. This Commissioner-led conference brought together leading industry experts, including representatives from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Independent System Operators (ISOs) and Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs), market monitors, utilities, Independent Power Producers (IPPs), transmission providers, state representatives, and independent consultants. This brief describes configurations of large loads co-located at generating facilities, identifies associated challenges, and highlights critical gaps to ensure fair, equitable, and reliable integration of large loads into the wholesale electricity markets.
NEWSLETTERS
Regulatory, Policy, and Technology Trends Digest
September 2025 (edition #4)
Utilities continue to seek regulatory approval to specify data centers as a distinct customer class warranting unique tariff designs. Ohio, with the recent approval of AEP Ohio’s Data Center Tariff, joins Arkansas, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming as states that have sanctioned such designation. Many...
July 2025 (edition #3)
Major legislation: Texas signs new interconnection rules into law On June 20th, Texas finalized Senate Bill 6 (SB6), a landmark law reshaping how large load customers, including data centers, interconnect with the ERCOT grid.
May 2025 (edition #2)
Regulators in Nevada have approved a novel Clean Transition Tariff jointly filed by NV Energy and Google to expedite the development of carbon-free generation to serve a Google data center.
March 2025 (edition #1)
Regulators in Virginia and the U.S. Midwest are leading development of new policies for large loads spurred by data center growth. Common issues include tariff applicability, cost allocation, contract term limits, and minimum monthly demand requirements, among others.
