Load Ledger

IndependentHouston, TXTexas large-load intelligence

~200 GW sits in the Texas large-load queue. Most of it is phantom. I tell you which is real.

From the permits, dockets, and filings — before the RFP exists. Every project scored, dated, and sourced to a document.

Permitted gas-turbine capacity by Texas county — bar chart
From this week's data: gas-turbine capacity by county, built from 250 live TCEQ air permits. Every issue is built from paper like this.

Who reads Load Ledger

Gas marketing / origination

First-mover contact on behind-the-meter gas campuses before a supply RFP exists.

$2–4M/yr margin per won supply contract

EPC / electrical / mechanical

The negotiated-work window during permitting — before it hits public bid.

One $3–5M package pays for years of this

Equipment vendors

A verified pipeline by county and MW — quote the campuses that actually get built.

Fewer dead pursuits, earlier specs

Infrastructure / power capital

Deal flow from first filing, and the discipline to not underwrite a phantom.

Dated, document-backed diligence

Data center developers

Which rival sites have real paper — permits, water, abatement — before it's public.

Site intel your competitors don't have

Engineering, permitting & legal

Projects at the filing stage where your work is scoped — before the end user is named.

Pipeline before the RFP lands

What one entry looks like

Project · sample entryTX large-load
ApplicantBlue Energy (for Crusoe)
CountyVictoria / Calhoun, TX
Capacityup to ~1,500 MW
First paperJETI abatement · 2026-07-10
Domains with paperFiscal · Air · Announced
Reality tierCommitted

Illustrative of the weekly format. Every score derives from filed public documents and updates as new paper appears — the chain is always shown, never a bare assertion.

In every issue

The Phantom File

The part people forward. Each week I name a project that's announced but has no permit, water, or abatement paper behind it — so you stop spending payroll chasing a ghost. Avoided pursuit cost is the one ROI that's certain.

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