Jurisdictional determination
Jurisdictional determination is the process or finding that identifies whether waters or wetlands on a site are subject to federal jurisdiction. It is an early due-diligence item for large land sites.
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Utility Rates, Grid, and Markets
Non-coincident peak
Non-coincident peak is the customer's own maximum demand in a period regardless of whether the grid is peaking at the same time. It is a common basis for distribution or customer demand charges.
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Distribution
Distribution is the lower-voltage system that delivers electricity from substations to end users. Most very large data center campuses eventually require sub-transmission or transmission-level coordination even if some service is delivered through distribution assets.
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Curtailment is a required reduction in load or generation output due to reliability, economic, contractual, or system conditions. For powered land, curtailment risk affects bankability, uptime planning, tariff selection, and backup-fuel strategy.
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