The grid operator sends every conditionally classified large load a questionnaire, with a notarized attestation and ten business days to answer
ERCOT published the user guide for the Verification RFI on September 11th, 2026, the questionnaire it issues as part of the Batch Zero eligibility verification. The guide states the questionnaire goes to every large load that was conditionally classified on the list distributed to transmission service providers on September 3rd. Each of the three parties on a project, the load entity, the distribution service provider and the transmission service provider, answers the sections assigned to its own role. Which sections a project sees depends on the conditional classification ERCOT gave it. Every participating party has to upload a notarized attestation before the response can be submitted. Responses are due within ten business days of issuance and a five day extension may be requested through the transmission service provider. A load entity that fails to supply what its provider needs may be taken off the Batch Zero process. Only the transmission service provider can submit the finished response, and once submitted it is locked.
How to take part
The user guide is published on the grid operator's own document site and anyone can read it. The questionnaire itself runs inside a registered portal. Only the three parties on a project can see or answer it, and a member of the public has no route in.
Where
Statewide. This decision applies across Texas rather than to a named county.
Timeline
- filed
Date of the conditional classification list the questionnaire is issued against
- ordered
Version date on the user guide the grid operator published for the questionnaire
- Today
How this decision moved
One dated line per check, oldest first. A line that says nothing changed means somebody looked and it had not.
- 2026-09-14
Admitted to the record. The grid operator has published the guide to the questionnaire every conditionally classified large load must answer. A notarized attestation from each of the three parties is part of a complete response. A load entity that does not supply what its provider needs may be taken off the process.
- 2026-09-17
The guide to the verification questionnaire is still posted where the record found it and still sets the same terms. Ten business days to answer, a notarized attestation from each participating party and the transmission provider as the only one able to send the finished response to the grid operator.
- 2026-09-20
The grid operator's user guide for the Verification RFI still carries the same rules for answering it. The notarized attestation, the response window and the transmission service provider's sole authority to submit all read as the record has them.
- 2026-09-24
The user guide for the questionnaire still requires the notarized attestation and still leaves submission to the transmission service provider alone.
- 2026-09-27
The questionnaire's user guide still requires a notarized attestation and still routes submission through the transmission service provider.
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
ERCOT has issued a Request for Information and Production (RFI, referred to as the Verification RFI) as part of the Batch Zero Eligibility Verification process.ERCOT RFI Portal in RIOO, Batch Zero Verification, User Guide for Transmission Service Providers (TSPs), Distribution Service Providers (DSPs), and Load Entities (ILLEs), Version 1.1 Primary source, official · ercot.com
This is being issued to all Large Loads that were conditionally classified on the list distributed to TSPs on Thursday, September 3, 2026ERCOT RFI Portal in RIOO, Batch Zero Verification, User Guide, Version 1.1 Primary source, official · ercot.com
Responses are due within 10 business days of issuance. A 5-day extension may be requested from ERCOT through your TSP.ERCOT RFI Portal in RIOO, Batch Zero Verification, User Guide, Version 1.1 Primary source, official · ercot.com
If the Load Entity fails to provide information and/or supporting documentation necessary for the TSP to timely submit a completed response to this Verification RFI, the Large Load may be removed from the Batch Zero Process.ERCOT RFI Portal in RIOO, Batch Zero Verification, User Guide, Version 1.1 Primary source, official · ercot.com
Each participating party (ILLE, DSP, and TSP) is required to complete a notarized attestation. Upload your company's attestation file in the designated Section before submitting.ERCOT RFI Portal in RIOO, Batch Zero Verification, User Guide, Version 1.1 Primary source, official · ercot.com
The sections and questions you see depend on your role and the Large Load Project's conditional classification in Batch Zero.ERCOT RFI Portal in RIOO, Batch Zero Verification, User Guide, Version 1.1 Primary source, official · ercot.com
It is the TSP's responsibility to submit the fully completed Verification RFI to ERCOT. Only the TSP has the Submit to ERCOT button available. Once submitted, the Verification RFI is locked and cannot be edited.ERCOT RFI Portal in RIOO, Batch Zero Verification, User Guide, Version 1.1 Primary source, official · ercot.com
All information submitted will be treated as confidential to the extent permitted by law.ERCOT RFI Portal in RIOO, Batch Zero Verification, User Guide, Version 1.1 Primary source, official · ercot.com
Questions about this decision
Answered from the record itself. Every answer is assembled from stored fields, so an answer the record has no basis for is left out rather than guessed.
What is this decision?
ERCOT published the user guide for the Verification RFI on September 11th, 2026, the questionnaire it issues as part of the Batch Zero eligibility verification. The guide states the questionnaire goes to every large load that was conditionally classified on the list distributed to transmission service providers on September 3rd. Each of the three parties on a project, the load entity, the distribution service provider and the transmission service provider, answers the sections assigned to its own role. Which sections a project sees depends on the conditional classification ERCOT gave it. Every participating party has to upload a notarized attestation before the response can be submitted. Responses are due within ten business days of issuance and a five day extension may be requested through the transmission service provider. A load entity that fails to supply what its provider needs may be taken off the Batch Zero process. Only the transmission service provider can submit the finished response, and once submitted it is locked.
Who decides it?
Electric Reliability Council of Texas decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.
Can the public take part?
The user guide is published on the grid operator's own document site and anyone can read it. The questionnaire itself runs inside a registered portal. Only the three parties on a project can see or answer it, and a member of the public has no route in. No dated public window is on the record. The deciding body is named and reachable.
Where in Texas does it apply?
It is a statewide body's action and it governs the ERCOT region rather than every county.
Has it been decided?
It has been decided. The dates on the item page carry when.
What happens next?
No future date is on the record. The last dated step on it was ordered on September 11th.
When did it start?
The earliest date on its record is September 3rd, 2026.
What kind of decision is it?
It is filed under power and the grid.
What sources back it?
One source backs it. It is primary.
Is it on the ERCOT grid?
Yes. It sits inside the ERCOT interconnection.
When was it last checked?
Every fact on it was last verified against its source on September 27th, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, The grid operator sends every conditionally classified large load a questionnaire, with a notarized attestation and ten business days to answer. Tracked since September 3rd, 2026. Last verified September 27th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0156/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0156.
Beat
Filed under Power and the grid, with every other decision on that beat.