Land, Permitting, and Environmental
Easement is a legal right to use another person's land for a specific purpose. Data center sites often need easements for transmission, distribution, fiber, access roads, drainage, water, and sewer infrastructure.
System impact study evaluates how a proposed interconnection affects safety and reliability of the transmission or distribution system. It identifies needed system modifications, constraints, and potential adverse impacts under defined assumptions.
Read definition →Electric service agreement is a contract or tariff-based agreement governing utility service to a customer. For large-load data centers, it may address capacity reservation, construction costs, minimum bills, ramp milestones, curtailment, deposits, and term commitments.
Read definition →Load study is a utility analysis of whether the system can serve a proposed customer load under planning and operating criteria. It may evaluate thermal limits, voltage, fault duty, protection, contingency performance, and required upgrades.
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