Landing Page About [well large title="FEATURED%20NRECA%20RESOURCE" color="alternate-1" text-color="alternate-1"] Report on Rates and Contract Mechanisms[/well] Additional Resources from NRECA Electric Cooperative Rates and Cost Recovery Mechanisms for Large Loads and Data Centers (August 2025) Serving Data Centers (April 2024)Additional Resources from the IndustryThe following are additional resources available from industry stakeholders regarding rates and contract mechanisms for large loads and data centers:Electricity Rate Designs for Large Loads: Evolving Practices and Opportunities, LBNL & Brattle (2025 Technical Brief)The flagship joint national-lab/Brattle paper on tariff design elements: eligibility, contract capacity/energy, contract duration, exit fees, energy source.Impacts of Large Loads on Electricity Rates: A Primer, ESIG & Brattle Group (2026)Explains ratemaking principles and the mechanisms (take-or-pay, minimum bills, contributions-in-aid-of-construction, reservation charges, collateral, exit fees) that reduce cost shifts and stranded-cost risk.The State of Large Load Rate Design: Insights from the DELTa Database, CoBank (April 2026)Practical benchmarking: typical eligibility thresholds (1–500 MW, ~50 MW average), typical ramp periods (up to 5 years), marginal-cost capacity pricing examples (Evergy).
Landing Page MiddleThese resources are part of our Large Loads and Data Centers Learning Hub and are intended to assist electric cooperatives in understanding and preparing for the opportunities and challenges presented by evolving large loads in our industry. Visit our Learning Hub for information and resources on other Key Topic Areas.
