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Rocky Mountain Power warns of 'hyper‑scale' large loads; proposes special contracts to protect existing customers
Summary
Rocky Mountain Power described multiple gigawatts of large, near‑term load requests tied to data centers/AI and proposed requiring very large new customers (proposed threshold 75 MW) to enter special, commission‑approved contracts that place cost and risk with those loads; consumer advocates urged use of existing tariffs and protections instead.
Rocky Mountain Power officials told the interim committee on Oct. 22 that they face an unprecedented wave of large electricity requests—"hyper‑scale" loads fueled by data‑center and AI growth—and proposed a statutory framework to allocate costs and risks to those new customers.
Rocky Mountain Power’s Tom Carter described multiple gigawatts of requests across the company’s six‑state system and said the current regulatory model…
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