The 30-second version

Data centres can get onto the Texas grid years early if they agree to switch off when the grid is stressed. We guarantee they will.

The problemNew data centres wait years for a grid connection.
The fixConnect them early, on the condition that they cut back in the rare hours when the grid is stressed.
The catchUtilities don't trust that promise, so we check it and guarantee it.

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One typical year. Each cell is an hour. Marked cells are when the data centre cut back.

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Curtailment replay memorandum

§1Finding

§2Hour stripe

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§3Controls

§4Burden by year

Curtailed hours per local calendar year under each lens. One scale across all three so the lenses compare directly.

Event duration

Count of events (maximal runs of consecutive curtailed hours) by length. The last bin holds events of 24 hours or more. Each lens has its own vertical scale: compare shapes, and read counts from the axis.