Senate oversight of FERC: testimony and questions for the record
Topics in the text: Cost allocation · Retail and wholesale authority · Reliability and curtailment
Responses and related views
Chang explains why the June record needs upgrade costs
Commissioner Judy Chang · Direct response
Answering Senator Hirono, Chang linked the June section 206 proceedings to tracking which data center triggered a network upgrade and identifying who would otherwise pay. She described the information needed to limit cost shifting, not the outcome of a regional case.
Who pays when a data center brings its own generator?
Commissioner David LaCerte · Direct response
Answering Senator Cotton, LaCerte said beneficiaries should pay for the new infrastructure and states should hold hyperscalers to their commitments in retail rates. He did not specify a PJM cost formula.
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opening text · Topic match: Cost allocation
The Commission must ensure that creating new pathways for large loads does not lead to a major cost shift to existing customers.
Other important factors include promoting transparency, improving planning, encouraging alternative transmission technologies in appropriate circumstances, and helping transmission providers distinguish genuine demand from speculative load requests • What specific kinds of cost shifts from large…