POLICY BRIEF
Texas tightens large-load interconnection and cost allocation
SB 6 makes large loads contribute to interconnection costs and requires at least a $100,000 screening fee, site-control evidence and standardized financial commitments. Some new loads must also support emergency curtailment.
PRIMARY SOURCETexas Legislature ↗
DIRECT EFFECT
ERCOT data-center projects must show site control and financial commitment earlier and assume clearer grid-upgrade and reliability obligations.
- SCOPE
- ERCOT interconnection, financial commitments and curtailment
- STATUS
- In force · rulemaking continues
- EFFECTIVE / REVIEW
- Effective September 1, 2025; transmission-cost rules due by end-2026
- WHO IT AFFECTS
- New and expanding large data-center loads in ERCOT