ERCOT's interconnection queue has reached 205 GW of pending projects, with datacenter and crypto applications representing ~40% of new requests.
Texas offers unmatched power scale for AI infrastructure, but ERCOT's energy-only market requires disciplined curtailment planning. Use this hub to align power procurement, demand response, and hedging strategies with your datacenter financing model.
18-30mo
Typical ERCOT timing
35-55
Peak events / year
$85/MWh
Average credit value
34%
Wind & solar share
ERCOT's deregulated market rewards agile load management. Datacenter operators can leverage load flexibility, hedging instruments, and grid services participation to offset price spikes and curtailment events. Financing structures increasingly require transparent mitigation plans to satisfy lenders and tax equity partners.
Energy-only pricing, real-time volatility, and local transmission congestion create unique underwriting requirements. Aligning power purchase agreements, nodal price forecasts, and uptime commitments is critical for operational continuity and debt coverage ratios.
Capital partners expect detailed curtailment playbooks that blend onsite storage, flexible workload scheduling, and demand response participation. The resources below provide benchmarks and programmatic insights for every stage of ERCOT deployment.
Negative-price hours and congestion percentiles for ERCOT Far West over 30d. Smoothed CSS with historical context.
Negative-price hours and congestion percentiles for ERCOT Far West over 7d. Smoothed CSS with historical context.
Negative-price hours and congestion percentiles for ERCOT Far West over 90d. Smoothed CSS with historical context.
Negative-price hours and congestion percentiles for ERCOT Houston over 30d. Smoothed CSS with historical context.
Negative-price hours and congestion percentiles for ERCOT Houston over 7d. Smoothed CSS with historical context.
Negative-price hours and congestion percentiles for ERCOT Houston over 90d. Smoothed CSS with historical context.
Negative-price hours and congestion percentiles for ERCOT North over 30d. Smoothed CSS with historical context.
Negative-price hours and congestion percentiles for ERCOT North over 7d. Smoothed CSS with historical context.
Negative-price hours and congestion percentiles for ERCOT North over 90d. Smoothed CSS with historical context.
Real-time grid congestion and curtailment risk by zone
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