| Unfiltered, self-reported spot loads |
Future 2 includes 100% of spot loads based on voluntary, unverified surveys from transmission operators - with no filter for whether loads have secured land, permits, or power agreements. |
| Connection timeline |
SPP acknowledges that large loads frequently delay or defer interconnection, but applies no probability-weighted discount to account for this. |
| Hypothetical resiliency conditions |
The highest peak load figures layer extreme weather, high outage rates, and stressed generator performance simultaneously - a scenario SPP itself describes as "hypothetical and unlikely." |
| Transmission constraints |
Physical grid limitations may throttle the pace at which new large loads can actually interconnect and draw power, regardless of what the forecast assumes. |