Cov haujlwm loj ntawm hluav taws xob

Tus neeg siv khoom siv hluav taws xob loj yog dab tsi? 
Peb tau pab cov neeg siv hluav taws xob loj hauv cheeb tsam tau ntau xyoo. Peb cov cai thiab cov txheej txheem uas tau tsim tsa los pab soj ntsuam cov haujlwm, npaj kev pabcuam thiab tiv thaiv cov neeg siv khoom uas twb muaj lawm ntawm cov nqi uas cuam tshuam nrog cov khoom siv uas xav tau los txhawb cov neeg siv khoom tshiab lossis cov neeg siv khoom loj uas tab tom loj hlob. Raws txoj kev, peb txuas ntxiv txhawb nqa kev nqis peev ua lag luam thiab kev txhim kho kev lag luam hauv cheeb tsam thaum pab xyuas kom meej tias tus nqi ntawm kev pabcuam rau cov neeg siv khoom loj tshiab tsis raug hloov mus rau cov neeg siv khoom uas twb muaj lawm.

SMUD ua haujlwm nrog cov neeg tsim khoom thaum ntxov kom nkag siab txog lawv cov kev xav tau hluav taws xob, txhawb thiab txhawb nqa cov qauv tsim hluav taws xob uas txuag hluav taws xob, soj ntsuam cov teeb meem ntawm lub network, thiab npaj cov khoom siv hauv paus raws li qhov tsim nyog, kom ntseeg tau tias peb tuaj yeem ua tau raws li cov kev xav tau ntawm qhov project. Ib tug neeg siv khoom loj tsuas yog ib tug neeg siv hluav taws xob ntau heev xwb. Feem ntau peb xav tias qhov no yog 50 megawatts lossis ntau dua, vim tias tus neeg siv khoom ntawm qhov loj ntawd tau txais kev pabcuam los ntawm peb lub tshuab xa hluav taws xob siab. Feem ntau ntawm peb cov neeg siv khoom loj tshaj plaws txog niaj hnub no tau siv tag nrho li ntawm 20 megawatts, yog li cov neeg siv khoom loj tshiab thov cov haujlwm loj ntawm 50 megawatts thiab loj dua, sawv cev rau qhov ntsuas loj dua li peb tau pabcuam yav dhau los.
Cov haujlwm loj rau cov neeg siv khoom xav tau kev npaj, kev tsim kho vaj tse thiab kev tsim kho vaj tse ntau dua li Commercial Development ib txwm muaj. Kev pabcuam rau cov haujlwm no suav nrog qhov xav tau los tsim ib lub chaw hloov pauv tshiab thiab/lossis teeb tsa cov transformers tshiab, zoo ib yam li kev txhim kho txoj kev kom pab tau rau thaj chaw zej zog lossis thaj chaw lag luam uas tab tom loj hlob.

Puas yog cov neeg siv khoom siv hluav taws xob loj tuaj yeem pab tau lwm tus neeg siv khoom?
Yog. Qee cov neeg siv khoom loj tuaj yeem txo lossis hloov lawv txoj kev siv hluav taws xob thaum lub sijhawm Peak . Qhov kev ywj pheej ntawd txo qis lub zog uas SMUD yuav tsum tau yuav thaum lub sijhawm Peak tshaj plaws thaum tseem tsim cov nyiaj tau los tshiab, uas pab kom tus nqi qis rau txhua tus. Qhov kev tswj hwm qhov kev thov no kuj tseem tuaj yeem pab txhim kho kev ua haujlwm zoo thiab kev ntseeg siab ntawm lub kaw lus. Tsis tas li ntawd xwb, cov neeg siv khoom uas tsiv mus rau lossis nthuav lawv txoj kev lag luam hauv cheeb tsam Sacramento coj cov txiaj ntsig kev txhim kho kev lag luam los ntawm kev ua haujlwm thiab cov nyiaj tau los ntawm se.

Is a large electrical load project currently planned in Sacramento?
Tam sim no tsis tau muaj ib qho project loj uas tau pom zoo los tsim hluav taws xob hauv Sacramento. Peb muaj cov neeg tsim khoom tshawb nrhiav 2 qhov project uas yuav xav tau ntau dua 50 megawatts ntawm hluav taws xob, tab sis lawv tseem nyob rau theem pib ntawm kev ua tau. Kev thov kom muaj kev tshawb nrhiav txog qhov ua tau lossis kev sib kis tsis tau txhais hais tias ib qhov project tau raug pom zoo. Qhov tseeb, lawv tseem tsis tau tsim tiav rau theem ntawd. Cov kev tshawb fawb pab qhia seb cov haujlwm puas ua tau raws li kev siv tshuab thiab nyiaj txiag hauv lub sijhawm uas tus neeg siv khoom xav tau.

Any large electrical load project must receive land-use approval from the appropriate city or county authority before anything moves forward. If a project is approved, we’re legally obligated to provide electric service. We continue engaging thoughtfully with developers and local leaders to understand potential grid impacts and infrastructure needs while ensuring SMUD customer protection is in place.

SMUD ua haujlwm li cas nrog cov neeg siv khoom loj no?
We engage early. Because available capacity is not the same across our service area, some locations are better suited than others for large customers. Our dedicated commercial development team walks large projects through the process, and every large customer project starts with a transmission study to understand costs and impact on the grid before anything moves forward without risking the reliability of the entire system. These projects take time and careful planning – they don’t happen overnight.

Leej twg them rau cov kev tsim kho vaj tse? Kuv cov nqi puas yuav nce siab?
Peb muaj ib txoj kev los txuas ntxiv kev pabcuam thiab faib cov nqi cuam tshuam los pab tiv thaiv cov neeg siv khoom uas twb muaj lawm.
Yuav kom ntseeg tau tias cov neeg siv khoom hluav taws xob loj tshiab tau txais kev saib xyuas tas li, peb tab tom ua haujlwm rau txoj cai tshiab rau cov neeg siv khoom thov 50 megawatts thiab siab dua, los tiv thaiv cov neeg siv khoom uas twb muaj lawm ntawm tus nqi ntawm kev pabcuam cov neeg siv khoom loj dua tshiab no.

Large load projects may require major infrastructure like substations and system upgrades. SMUD assigns these costs to the new customer, not existing ones. The upcoming large-load policy will clearly spell out safeguards and guardrails to allocate costs to the new large customer.

SMUD npaj li cas rau cov neeg siv khoom siv hluav taws xob loj dua? 
Peb tab tom npaj ua ntej. Peb tab tom tsim ib txoj cai loj rau cov neeg siv khoom thov 50 megawatts thiab siab dua - xav tias yuav mus rau peb Pawg Thawj Coj thaum ntxov 2027. Nws yuav piav qhia txog peb txoj kev tiv thaiv kev pheej yig thiab kev ntseeg siab rau txhua tus neeg siv khoom. Ua ib feem ntawm peb txoj kev npaj dav dua rau kev loj hlob hauv cheeb tsam, peb kuj tab tom nqis peev kwv yees li $600 lab rau kev txhim kho chaw hloov pauv kom tswj tau kev pabcuam txhim khu kev qha thaum tseem khaws cov nqi qis tshaj plaws hauv California.

Ua ib lub koom haum pabcuam hluav taws xob uas yog lub zej zog li, tsis yog rau kev khwv nyiaj, peb cog lus tias yuav loj hlob zoo thaum tiv thaiv qhov kev pabcuam pheej yig, txhim khu kev qha, thiab zoo tshaj plaws uas peb lub zej zog tsim nyog tau txais.

SMUD qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws hauv kev pabcuam cov haujlwm hluav taws xob loj yog dab tsi? 
Protecting our customers is our top priority. As a community-owned, not-for-profit electric utility, our goal is to improve the lives of all our customers by providing safe, reliable and affordable power, while insulating current customers from potential costs of new large electrical load customers. We also work with potential large electrical load customers to design projects that maximize benefits for all customers. For example, if a large electrical load customer can shift their usage out of peak hours, it minimizes the amount of energy we need to purchase during peak hours when costs are highest, which helps us keep rates low for all customers.

When do you start working with potential large electrical load customers? 
Peb koom tes ua ntej thiab ua ntej nrog cov neeg siv khoom siv hluav taws xob loj, feem ntau ua ntej xa qhov project mus rau kev pom zoo siv av los ntawm cov nroog lossis cov cheeb tsam. Kev koom tes thaum ntxov muab sijhawm rau peb nkag siab txog qhov xav tau hluav taws xob tshwj xeeb ntawm ib qhov project, soj ntsuam qhov muaj peev xwm ntawm lub kaw lus ntawm ntau qhov chaw sib txawv thiab txiav txim siab seb puas xav tau cov khoom siv tshiab. Txoj haujlwm thaum ntxov no kuj pab peb kom ntseeg tau tias cov nqi uas yuav tsum tau los pab cov neeg siv khoom no tsis raug xa mus rau lwm tus neeg siv khoom SMUD.

Kev sab laj thaum ntxov tso cai rau peb kom muaj kev nyab xeeb thiab kev ntseeg siab, tiv thaiv lub grid, thiab qhia meej txog lub luag haujlwm thiab lub luag haujlwm rau cov neeg tsim khoom thaum lawv taug kev siv av uas coj los ntawm tsoomfwv hauv zos.

Why won’t SMUD disclose the company, location or other details about every large electrical load project application? 
Peb tiv thaiv txhua cov ntaub ntawv zais cia ntawm cov neeg siv khoom raws li txoj cai lij choj xav tau. Tej yam xws li lub npe, lub tuam txhab, qhov chaw nyob, chaw nyob, cov ntaub ntawv tiv tauj thiab lwm yam ntaub ntawv txheeb xyuas tau khaws cia ua zais cia raws li Public Utility Code 8380-8381, uas tshwj xeeb tiv thaiv cov ntaub ntawv ntiag tug ntawm cov neeg siv khoom - tsev nyob thiab chaw ua lag luam.
Kev tswj hwm kev ceev ntiag tug ntawm cov ntaub ntawv ntawm cov neeg siv khoom kuj yog kev coj ua tus qauv rau feem ntau cov tuam txhab thiab kev lag luam thiab raug tswj hwm los ntawm ntau txoj cai lij choj hauv xeev thiab tsoomfwv suav nrog California Consumer Rights Protection Act thiab California Constitution.

In some circumstances, privacy of certain information may also be required by non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). NDAs are important in business attraction projects for several reasons. Companies scouting new locations often don’t want competitors, current landlords, employees or investors to know they’re considering new operations and/or locations until decisions are finalized. They also protect sensitive business data like incentive negotiations to prevent premature market reaction, which is important for publicly traded companies.

In cases with potential large electrical load customers, we require early feasibility studies, meaning some of the proposals may not work or change in size, scope or location before a project even comes to fruition.

Cov chaw khaws ntaub ntawv puas yog tshiab rau Sacramento?
Tsis yog. Cov chaw khaws ntaub ntawv tau ua haujlwm hauv peb cheeb tsam txij li thaum nyob ib ncig ntawm 2000, thiab muaj ntau tshaj kaum ob nyob ntawm no niaj hnub no.  Vim SMUD nyob ze rau thaj tsam Bay Area thiab thaj tsam muaj kev ruaj khov ntawm av qeeg, lawv txhawb nqa cov kev pabcuam txhua hnub uas peb thaj tsam vam khom - kev lag luam hauv tuam txhab nyiaj, tsev kho mob, kev sib txuas lus thiab thev naus laus zis. Cov chaw khaws ntaub ntawv no ua lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv kev txhawb nqa ntau yam kev pabcuam hauv zej zog uas peb vam khom txhua hnub. Cov chaw khaws ntaub ntawv txhawb nqa cov apps kho mob kom xa cov lus rau koj nrog cov txiaj ntsig ntawm kev kuaj mob, es tsis txhob tos tus kws kho mob hu. Lawv kuj tseem cia koj lub tsev txhab nyiaj xa ntawv "qhov no puas yog koj?" vib nas this tom qab muaj kev foob uas txawv txawv, ua ntej koj txawm pom nws. 

Qhov tshiab yog hom loj dua, AI-tsav uas muab lub zog suav. Cov thev naus laus zis AI tab tom dhau los ua ib feem ntawm lub neej txhua hnub rau ntau tus neeg, txawm tias los ntawm lawv siv ncaj qha lossis ua ib feem ntawm cov kev pabcuam thiab cov khoom siv uas lawv vam khom, uas ua rau kev npaj ua haujlwm thiab kev tshuaj xyuas cov khoom siv tseem ceeb dua.

Puas yog Sacramento yuav los ua lub chaw khaws ntaub ntawv loj heev?
It’s highly unlikely. The “hyperscale” AI data center campuses drawing attention can be 1 gigawatt or larger. That’s enough to power more than 750,000 average American homes for a year. Unlike some parts of the country such as Northern Virginia, Texas or Arizona where conditions have supported rapid data center growth, and Bay Area communities where data centers make up a huge share of electricity demand, Sacramento is seeing more diverse and more evenly distributed growth across a variety of industries, and much smaller data center growth.

Does SMUD approve data centers?
No. Local city and county governments make land-use decisions including zoning, permitting and environmental review. Once a large electrical load project, including data centers, is approved, SMUD is obligated to provide power. Large load projects may require major infrastructure like substations and system upgrades. SMUD assigns these costs to the new customer, not existing ones. The upcoming large-load policy will clearly spell out safeguards to allocate costs to the new large customer without risking the reliability of the entire system.

Leej twg txiav txim siab seb puas yuav tsim lub chaw khaws ntaub ntawv ntawm no?
SMUD tsis txiav txim siab txog kev faib thaj av, kev tso cai thiab kev siv av. Lawv tau ua los ntawm tsoomfwv hauv nroog thiab lub nroog los ntawm lawv cov txheej txheem kev pom zoo ib puag ncig. Cov lus nug hauv zej zog txog kev siv av thiab kev txhawj xeeb txog ib puag ncig xws li dej, tsheb khiav thiab kev cuam tshuam hauv zej zog raug daws los ntawm cov cheeb tsam ntawd. SMUD ua haujlwm nrog cov neeg tsim kho qhov project thiab cov koom haum hauv zos thaum ntxov ntawm cov txheej txheem los nkag siab txog cov kev xav tau hluav taws xob, soj ntsuam cov teebmeem ntawm lub grid thiab txheeb xyuas seb cov khoom siv hauv paus twg yuav xav tau.

Thaum twg ib lub koom haum hauv zos pom zoo rau ib qho project, peb muaj lub luag haujlwm los pab, tab sis yog tias qhov kev thov xav tau ntau tshaj qhov uas peb tuaj yeem muab tau thiab muaj kev nyab xeeb, SMUD yuav qhia cov kev txwv no thaum ntxov hauv kev npaj thiab txheej txheem ua tau project. Peb lub luag haujlwm yog muab cov lus qhia meej, thaum ntxov txog kev ua tau, yog li cov neeg koom nrog nkag siab txog cov kev xav tau thiab cov teeb meem ntawm kev tsim kho vaj tse, xws li cov nqi thiab cov sijhawm.

Qhov txawv ntawm lub chaw khaws ntaub ntawv ib txwm muaj thiab lub chaw khaws ntaub ntawv hyperscale uas txhawb nqa kev ua haujlwm ntawm kev txawj ntse cuav (AI) yog dab tsi?
Traditional data centers are the type of facilities that have operated in Sacramento for decades. They generally use much smaller amounts of electricity and have steady, predictable load profiles. Most operate in the 5–20-megawatt range, and they support everyday computing services like telecommunications, banking, hospitals and cloud storage, social media streaming services and media storage.

Hyperscale AI data centers are massive, industrial-scale facilities designed to support advanced AI processing. These loads can reach 500–1,000 megawatts and the facilities have very different design, cooling and power‑delivery needs. We’re not seeing hyperscale AI data center proposals in Sacramento, and the level of interest here is considerably smaller than in other states around the nation.

What kinds of things in daily life do data centers support?
We’ve operated data centers since the early 2000s. Data centers support an innovative economy and the technologies people depend on to work, learn, communicate, access public services and participate in modern life. There are many different types of data centers, which store, process and transmit the information behind:

• Online banking and financial systems
• Hospitals, health care platforms and medical record systems
• Telecommunications services and internet connectivity
• Cloud computing tools used by local businesses
• Social media, entertainment platforms and everyday apps
• AI‑driven services and digital tools
• Cov Kev Pabcuam Streaming

These kinds of facilities have operated in Sacramento for decades and play a critical role in keeping community services running smoothly.

How are you coordinating with other regional leaders on the topic of large electrical load projects?
Cov haujlwm hluav taws xob loj tshaj 50 megawatts yog qhov teeb meem tshiab - xav tau kev xav tau kev sib koom tes ntawm thaj tsam. Peb cog lus tias yuav ua haujlwm nrog peb cov neeg koom tes hauv cheeb tsam kom ntseeg tau tias peb tab tom ua tib zoo xav txog peb txoj cai siv hluav taws xob ntau thiab nws cuam tshuam li cas rau tag nrho cheeb tsam. Peb cog lus rau kev koom tes nrog zej zog/cov neeg koom tes kom ntseeg tau tias peb txuas ntxiv mus sib npaug rau qhov xav tau ntawm peb lub zej zog qhov kev thov hluav taws xob uas loj hlob tuaj, kom peb tuaj yeem txhawb nqa kev loj hlob ntawm kev lag luam, tiv thaiv cov neeg siv khoom ntawm kev hloov pauv tus nqi thiab txuas ntxiv muab qee tus nqi qis tshaj plaws hauv California. Peb tau muaj ib lub rooj sib tham hauv online rau pej xeem thaum Lub Yim Hli 13, thiab koj tuaj yeem saib qhov kev nthuav qhia ntawm no. Peb cog lus tias yuav ua haujlwm nrog peb cov neeg koom tes hauv cheeb tsam kom ntseeg tau tias peb tab tom ua tib zoo xav txog peb txoj cai siv hluav taws xob ntau thiab nws cuam tshuam li cas rau tag nrho cheeb tsam.

Cov neeg siv khoom yuav muab tswv yim li cas txog SMUD txoj cai siv hluav taws xob ntau?
Peb cog lus rau lub zej zog. Peb twb tau ntsib nrog qee cov neeg koom nrog hauv zej zog kom hnov txog yam uas lawv xav pom hauv peb txoj cai. Peb tau hnov ntau lub tswv yim thiab peb tab tom txuas ntxiv mus sib tham nrog ntau tus neeg siv khoom thiab cov neeg koom nrog hauv cov hlis tom ntej. Thaum peb txoj cai raug tsim tawm, peb cog lus rau ib qho txheej txheem qhib thiab pob tshab. Yog koj muaj lus nug los yog lus tawm tswv yim, thov email rau LLPolicy@smud.org.