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Texas PUCT 16 TAC §25.194 Large Load Interconnection Standards (implementing SB 6)

In effectTexas, United States (ERCOT power region)Legally binding

Senate Bill 6 (89th Legislature, 2025) set a framework for large loads in the ERCOT region. The PUCT adopted 16 TAC §25.194 to implement PURA §37.0561, effective 8 October 2026. It applies to large load customers not yet energised that seek a new interconnection of 75 MW or more at a single site, an expansion that reaches 75 MW for the first time, an expansion of 75 MW or more at a site above 75 MW, or co-location with a generation resource. Before being included in an ERCOT interconnection study, a customer must sign an intermediate agreement, make disclosures and post financial security of $50,000 per MW. It must then sign a standard large load interconnection agreement, update disclosures, post security and pay contribution in aid of construction for direct interconnection costs. The rule also sets consequences for withdrawing demand and for false information.