- Greg Abbott files a lawsuit against ERCOT over new data-center electricity rates through the end of the project’s existing audit period.
- The audit is expected to reveal whether the electricity rates plan violates federal law, including the integrity of the financial details and the grounds for changing the impact on consumers.
- New York approved a moratorium on data-center electricity connections of more than 50 megawatts, while NYISO approved it, saying it will not affect the connection process.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has filed a lawsuit challenging new data-center electricity rates until the end of ERCOT’s existing audit period. The filing states that the audit will provide information about whether the electricity rates plan violates federal law, including the reasons for changing the impact on consumers.
The material also notes that the connection is expected to last for years, as the new data-center electricity rates plan includes a 15% increase in electricity prices. Forbes also says that Texas lawmakers approved a moratorium on new data-center electricity connections, which will be in effect until the end of the existing audit period.
In addition, the material says that ERCOT is expected to continue to operate within the existing audit period. According to Bernstein Research, Texas lawmakers approved a moratorium on new data-center electricity connections, which will be in effect until the end of the existing audit period.
Paralleling this, IEEE Spectrum reports that New York has already approved a moratorium on new data-center electricity connections. The material says that, according to unnamed sources, the state’s moratorium will not affect the connection process in the near term. It also notes that, according to statements by NYISO, the moratorium will not affect the connection process at the time.
IEEE Spectrum also notes that, while New York is not applying a moratorium between NYISO and the connection process, the state’s moratorium is expected to apply to new data-center electricity connections, and not to existing ones. It adds that, according to the Department of Public Service, the state’s moratorium will apply to new data-center electricity connections.