Motion for Leave to Answer and Answer of the Data Center Coalition re the 10/13/2026 Answer of Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. et al
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Topics in the text: Cost allocation · Connecting load and generation · Reliability and curtailment
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BEFORE THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION ) Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. ) Docket No.Read this passage
I. ANSWER
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DCC therefore respectfully requests leave to file this answer and asks the Commission to consider this answer in its deliberations in this proceeding. 4 Midcontinent Indep.Read this passage
A. MISO Has Not Demonstrated That Its Proposal To Leave The Substance Of
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The only reference to ramp smoothing in MISO’s proposed tariff revisions is a single statement in Section 37A.7 that ramp limits shall 17 MISO Answer at 22. 18 Id. 19 Id. at 24-25. - 7 - include “any reduction/ramp smoothing provided by generation or other resources[.]”20 Notwithstanding MISO’s…Read this passage Filed comments: Cost allocation
B. MISO Has Not Demonstrated That Its Proposed Large Load Definition Is Just
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MISO Has Not Demonstrated That Its Proposed Large Load Definition Is Just And Reasonable Or Provides Customers Adequate Notice 1.Read this passage
C. MISO Has Not Demonstrated That Its Transition Framework Will Minimize
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In practice, a facility in the final stages of development that can come online in the near term without the construction of significant transmission upgrades could be required to delay energization to redesign its equipment, while a project that must wait years for transmission construction could…Read this passage Filed comments: Connecting load and generation
II. CONCLUSION
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CONCLUSION
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CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, DCC respectfully requests that the Commission reject the IRR proposal without prejudice to MISO filing a revised proposal consistent with DCC’s comments and this answer.Read this passage
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Dated at Washington, D.C., this 3rd day of November 2026. /s/ Stephen J.Read this passage