Data Center Power Cost Impact Modeler

Policy Context: Prompted by the House GOP-backed bill addressing data center electrical demands, this utility economic model projects grid reserve margin exhaustion and ratepayer cost-shift dynamics across balancing authorities.

Residential Bill Impact +$8.45 Monthly ratepayer delta per 1,000 kWh

Wholesale Price Shift +14.8% LMP peak escalation risk

Grid Reserve Margin 12.2% Target reliability standard: 15.0%

Grid Health Status

Moderate Grid Stress

NERC Category II Watch Zone

Grid & Policy Parameters Real-time dispatch

Legislative Presets

Data Center Load Growth 1,250 MW

Regional dedicated hyper-scale computing capacity

Data Center Tx Allocation 65%

Share of grid upgrade tariffs funded directly by tech tenants

Incremental Generation Mix

Mandatory Demand Response

Curtailable server workload during Stage 2 alerts

Load-Duration & Reserve Capacity Curve ISO Peak Dispatch Model (8,760 hrs)

Existing Regional Baseline

Data Center Additive Load

Firm Generation Ceiling

Reserve Margin Zone

Component Cost Allocation & Grid Metrics Regional Balancing Pool: PJM / MISO Benchmark

Grid Cost & Reliability Metric	Status / Formula	Baseline Level	Simulated Impact	Net Direction