David Porter
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first heard Jul 2026
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So we saw an opportunity there for the data centers to not only get connected more quickly, but also be a resource back to the grid
in times of emergency through a variety of different ways, not just the potential to flex compute workload, but as you know, all the data centers have an enormous amount of backup generation.
That could also be a great grid resource.
We have some other issues to get over there with the diesel fuel backup, but there's some work that we're doing as part of DCFlex on that.
with renewable fuels.
And we've just completed some testing the last couple of months at a Compass facility in Texas.
Absolutely.
And we believe that with the testing that we've done with HVO, it is a much superior fuel to diesel in terms of overall carbon footprint, less NOx output, not by a huge amount, maybe in the 8% to 10% range.
But the big difference is in particulate emissions, which are
the big no-nos from runtime on those gensets.
Gens, yeah.
So with the testing that we've done, we're preparing reports that can then be taken back to state and federal environmental regulators and make the case to allow longer runtimes for those facilities that utilize HVO.
And that gives them not only greater operational flexibility, but what a grid resource.
And we're not talking about
asking to operate those generators 1,000 hours a year.
But if you think about Winter Storm Uri in Texas a few years ago,
What a godsend that would have been if those generators were able to run during that time.
It's such a huge potential asset to the grid.
That's why we're trying to move this just to get 100 or 200 hours a year allowance would handle most of the types of problems that you just described, Raymond.
It's typically, the big challenge for the grid is usually less than 100 hours a year.
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