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Enroll NowGroup pricing available →One data center can be larger than your whole system. This course shows who pays for the infrastructure, how to protect existing customers, and what to ask before you vote, with no accounting background needed.
This course explains how utilities connect very large new customers, such as data centers, and how governing bodies protect existing customers when they do. It is written for board members, council members, commissioners, attorneys, and regulatory staff who do not have an accounting background.
You learn how a large load differs from a standard account, who can pay for the new infrastructure, and which provisions guard against stranded cost. You see how to test whether a special rate covers the cost, and what FERC is doing under RM26-4. A sample cooperative, Blue Horizon, carries through the examples.
You finish with the questions to ask, and the red and green flags to look for, before you vote on a large load agreement.
Distinguish generator interconnection from large load interconnection and identify the key provisions of an interconnection agreement.
Two meanings of the word, how a large load differs from a standard account, and what an interconnection agreement covers.
Who pays for new infrastructure, how to protect existing members from stranded cost, and whether the rate covers the cost.
What drove federal action, what FERC has done so far, and how its principles apply to every kind of utility.
The questions to ask, the red and green flags, and how to balance economic development with member protection.
