CRA has collaborated with both utility and data center clients to identify mechanisms to prioritize data center loads in ever tightening markets. Load flexibility, financial support, and other creative mechanisms address risks and support utilities in meeting their obligation to serve while balancing system reliability. CRA is also supporting the development of innovative tariff designs that enable utilities and data center developers to support clean energy generation while mitigating risks and costs to non-participating customers.
Data center growth: implications for the power and utilities sector
This unprecedented demand for power requires new approaches from utilities and system planners around load forecasting, resource planning, load queue design,...