On March 25, 2022, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) issued a notice regarding a new interim large load interconnection process that is effective immediately. The interim process applies to load interconnection requests — usually large, flexible loads with accelerated timelines, such as crypto-miners — that have not been modeled and studied in a completed ERCOT planning assessment (e.g., regional transmission plan, full interconnection study or regional planning group review). The new interim large load interconnection process applies to:

• new loads not co-located with a resource with total demand within the next two years of 75 MW or greater;
• existing loads not co-located with a resource increasing total demand by 75 MW or greater within the next two years;
• new loads co-located with a resource with total demand within the next two years of 20 MW or greater; or
• existing loads co-located with a resource increasing total demand by 20 MW or greater within the next two years.

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