Grant County PUD had 75 applications for new and expanding power service from large load customers in a queue maintained by the PUD’s Large Power Solutions team. In a PUD commissioner meeting on August 27, the Senior Manager of Large Power Solutions told commissioners that the applicants are asking for the equivalent of 2,897 total peak demand megawatts of power load- more than double the PUD’s peak load in July at 1,050.
The highest interest in growth in the queue comes from data centers (1,568 MW), followed by growth from port districts and other utility and government entities (547 MW), and rounding out the top three are chemical companies (343 MW).
The Large Power Solutions team is working to make process improvements and recommend policy changes so the queue more accurately reflects applicants who are making a significant commitment to growing in Grant County.
Read more about the possibilities here: Grant County PUD Details Queue for Power Service Requests from Large Load Customers | American Public Power Association
Check out the commission meeting notes here.