FERC Launches Aggressive Targeted Action to Speed Large Load Integration
We applaud FERC’s recognition that the large-load challenge cannot be solved through business-as-usual. Its action rightly pushes the grid operators toward faster studies, clearer cost responsibility, and protection against transmission cost shifting among other things. But speed cannot be the only objective. Some large loads may create reliability risks that go beyond the question of whether enough generation exists on paper. That is where Consumer Regulated Electricity (CRE) fits: FERC can improve the rules for large customers that connect to the grid, while CRE gives states a complementary path for customers willing to build and pay for independent power systems that keep their costs, risks, and operational consequences off the existing grid and away from ordinary ratepayers.
