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Parties File Net Metering Reply Comments
The vast majority of commenters support setting the size threshold for large loads at 75 MW in the Texas net metering rulemaking. As LCRA explained, the definition of large load was carefully vetted in the ERCOT stakeholder process for Nodal Protocol Revision Request (NPRR) 1234 and Planning Guide Revision Request (PGRR) 115.1 There were no documented suggestions to modify this threshold during the stakeholder process, including from ERCOT, and ERCOT previously stated that it could obtain sufficient data on loads 25 MW or larger without any additional rule changes.
Highlights from the comments include:
Data Center Coalition – “The Data Center Coalition recommends the Commission adopt consistent requirements for large load arrangements as it pertains to curtailing during emergency operations. Net metering arrangements should not be viewed in a silo. Net metering arrangements are one of many commercial options for securing energy to operate a data center.”
Texas Industrial Energy Consumers – The Commission should define large loads using the 75 MW threshold.
Read all comments here.
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(PUCT Opened This Rulemaking To Develop The New 16 TAC §25.205 To Implement PURA 39.169.)
