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State commissions are quasi-judicial: they balance the utility's filing against the record before them, and consumer divisions exist to receive complaints. Large-load data-centre demand is now a rate-case subject in several states — PJM's independent market monitor attributes roughly $29B over about two years to the region's 67 million ratepayers, and estimates conflict by design, so a household number is worth more than a national average.
The record is reusable: the same file answers a legislative contact, a consumer-advocate filing, and the next rate case, which will arrive before the current one is forgotten.
The protocol
- Find the docket: the utility's rate-case page, the commission's website, or the notice the utility mailed.
- Note the case number, the requested increase, the effective-date request, and the comment deadline.
- Write the household number: current monthly bill, the increase that would follow, and the fixed income or hours it comes out of.
- Submit the comment through the commission's stated channel (portal, email, or public hearing) and save the confirmation.
- Send the same record to the state's utility consumer advocate or consumer division, and note the reply.
What the tool does
Turn a rate case into a docket-ready ratepayer comment built from the household's own bill history. It runs locally in this browser and sends nothing.
Limit first: This is a documentation and planning aid, not legal, energy or benefits advice. It cannot stop a shutoff by itself, compel a commission decision, or certify eligibility.
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Cost: Free: one complete run in this browser, no account. Optional $4 one-time unlock allows unlimited runs of this tool on this browser. The free path and safety guidance never require payment.
Rule status (state route): structural: state commissions set rates through dockets that accept written ratepayer comments; data-centre large-load cost allocation is now a rate-case subject in several states, and per-state estimates of the residential share conflict by design, so a household number is the honest contribution. Reviewed 2026-10-03 against NARUC’s consumer-participation guidance.
Automated decision this documents: utility cost-allocation filings and large-load tariffs decided in commission dockets
Free path, in order (no cost):
- Your state public utility commission's consumer division (comment channel and case docket)
- Your state's utility consumer advocate or public counsel office
- 211 — local energy assistance while a case is pending (211.org)
What this cannot do: It cannot stop a shutoff by itself, compel a commission decision, or certify eligibility.
Sources checked 2026-10-03 · source bank reviewed against the live pages listed in metadata.
One human next step
Submit the comment to your state public utility commission with the case number in the first line, and ask the commission's consumer division (or your state's utility consumer advocate) to confirm it is in the docket.
Research log and safety checks
AI-assist path: not used for a verdict. This builder organises the reader's own documents and names an independent source; it does not infer authenticity, eligibility, or legal rights. §6.9/§6.10/§6.11 disclosed in the batch report; §6.12 status line carried in metadata as `status_line`.
§0.5 protection result: category is utilities-and-essential-costs; crisis-adjacent: no; fear/urgency/scarcity toolkit used: no. The protective function is free and the paid feature is convenience only.