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curtailment-enabled headroom at 0.5% in PJM / MISO / ERCOT (SPP also ~10 GW; Southern ~8 GW)

18 / 15 / 10 GWmodeled

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ScopeBalancing-authority technical-potential outputs at 0.5% curtailed annual energy; not observed spare capacity or individual interconnection offers.
As of2025-02-11
SourceDuke Nicholas Institute, Rethinking Load Growth, February 2025
Reviewchecking…review by 2026-11-04 · standard cadence
Recorded changeslast 2026-09-16 · 2 revisions tracked
Claim idcurtailment-enabled-headroom-at-0-5-in-pjm-miso

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