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  "notes": "The label's share and MW imply a denominator of about 406,199 MW; the queue total on the same deck's table is 410,618 MW.",
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    "plain": "Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). (2026). ERCOT Update to the Texas Legislature, Large Load Interconnection Requests [Data-center share of queued load: 87.6%, as of 2026-03-26]. Retrieved 2026-09-14, from https://www.ercot.com/files/docs/2026/04/01/ERCOT_LargeLoad_Update_April2026_B-C_-Hearing.pdf. Recorded in TechCarta, CARTA-LOADQ-ERCOT-DC_SHARE-2026-03-26-001. https://techcarta.com/carta/CARTA-LOADQ-ERCOT-DC_SHARE-2026-03-26-001/",
    "bibtex": "@misc{carta_loadq_ercot_dc_share_2026_03_26_001,\n  author = {{Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)}},\n  title = {ERCOT Update to the Texas Legislature, Large Load Interconnection Requests: Data-center share of queued load, 87.6\\% (as of 2026-03-26)},\n  year = {2026},\n  howpublished = {\\url{https://www.ercot.com/files/docs/2026/04/01/ERCOT_LargeLoad_Update_April2026_B-C_-Hearing.pdf}},\n  note = {TechCarta Carta CARTA-LOADQ-ERCOT-DC_SHARE-2026-03-26-001; source retrieved 2026-09-14},\n  url = {https://techcarta.com/carta/CARTA-LOADQ-ERCOT-DC_SHARE-2026-03-26-001/}\n}"
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