Electricity / Ratepayer protection
Who carries
the risk?
A threshold does not answer a bill question. Follow the utility territory, minimum bill, collateral, contract term, exit protection, cost assignment, and public order.
Pennsylvaniaregulatory requirement
Utility-specific implementation
Generally >50 MW individually or 100 MW aggregate
- Cost causation
- Collateral
- Interconnection studies
- Contract and exit protections
- Queue transparency
Separate from the 25 MW GRID permitting threshold.
Ohioregulatory requirement
AEP Ohio only
Data-center loads above about 25 MW
- Up to ~85% minimum demand
- Up to 12 years including ramp
- Financial assurance
- Exit provisions
Not statewide.
Virginiaregulatory requirement
Dominion Energy Virginia
Qualifying customers at or above 25 MW
- ~85% T&D minimum
- ~60% generation minimum
- Collateral
- Long-term service obligation
Effective January 1, 2027 where supported; not every Virginia utility.
Georgiaregulatory requirement
Georgia Power
Certain very large loads, generally above 100 MW
- Longer agreements
- Minimum bills
- Financial security
- Infrastructure charges
- PSC oversight
Project contracts may not be public.
Louisianaregulatory requirement
Entergy Louisiana
Eligible customers with at least 70 MW firm load
- Specified contract terms
- Minimum obligations
- Regulatory filing
Redacted terms are unknown; LPSC guidance is explicitly nonbinding.
Project-specific infrastructureshould follow the projectShared system upgradesneed public cost allocationUnused requested capacityneeds cancellation protectionRedacted contract termsremain unknown