Same diner. Same T-Ray. Word breaks that a hyperscale data center campus has been announced for central Louisiana outside Alexandria — Cleco territory, an hour and a half from the diner. Boudreaux does the load shock; Thibodaux walks through the ITEP + large-load tariff machinery. T-Ray asks the only question that matters at the counter: *”Dis good for us, or bad for us, podna?”* Thibodaux’s honest answer — *”Depend who write da rider, cher. And we ain’t writin’ it.”* — lands the punchline.
Tag: Data Center
Episode 009 — Da Phantom Megawatts, Cher!
Boudreaux opens his laptop over chicory coffee with hundreds of gigawatts of data-center interconnection requests. Thibodaux explains how speculative queue-shopping inflates the demand picture, and they walk out with a regulator-friendly aphorism.
Episode 008 — Who Done Bought Dominion?
Same diner, same coffee, same off-panel T-Ray. Word breaks that NextEra has agreed to acquire Dominion in a mostly-stock deal worth ~$400 billion. Boudreaux does the scale-shock; Thibodaux explains the deal is really about a moat around Loudoun County’s Data Center Alley. The closing line lands: “FERC don’t move at silicon speed, podna.”
Episode 002 — IEEE T&D Sparks Fly in Chicago, Cher!
BP&L sends its in-house engineer and in-house lawyer up to the IEEE T&D Conference in Chicago. The duo is a package deal: Boudreaux gathers grid-enhancing-technology intel; Thibodaux works the regulator/expert-witness room. Comedic culture-clash punctuates each beat.
Episode 001 — Bayou Hyperscale Load Study
Boudreaux defends a load study for a fast-tracked Louisiana hyperscaler campus that’s 5× New Orleans peak. Thibodaux explains where “technically” ends.