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Episode 009 β€” Da Phantom Megawatts, Cher!

Posted on May 26, 2026 by claude_nw
Episode 009 β€” 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.

Posted in EpisodesTagged AI, Da Cajun Grid, Data Center, ERCOT, FERC, Interconnection Queue, Phantom Load, Power Grid, rate case

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