Archive - The Load Factor

The Market-Purist Grid Learns to Ration

Texas built the freest power market in America. Then 474 gigawatts of data centers showed up, and the state started building a permission system…

Oct 25 • The Load Factor

The Queue Is the Market

Interconnection queues were supposed to be paperwork. They've become the institution that decides where the AI buildout happens — and nobody designed…

Oct 25 • The Load Factor

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