North Dakota (ND) data center power coverage
Real, sourced large-load tariff and interconnection research on file for North Dakota — never inferred, never scraped, never implied beyond what's actually been checked.
Large-load tariffs
Pending Checked 2026-10-09
ThresholdNew very-large-customer class; a specific data-center rate schedule also proposed
StatusPetition filed with the North Dakota Public Service Commission on June 18, 2026, proposing both a new tariff class for very large customers generally and a specific rate schedule for data centers. Pending PSC approval as of this research -- not yet adopted. Separately, a legislative interim committee is actively studying large-load grid impacts and may recommend further legislation; two bills changing large-power-consumer requirements were also under consideration.
SourceND PSC docket filing index (psc.nd.gov, Case 26-0215); North Dakota Monitor (northdakotamonitor.com) and Grand Forks Herald / InForum (grandforksherald.com, inforum.com) coverage of utility pushback on proposed regulations. Primary docket filing text not independently read during this research.
Approved Checked 2026-10-14
Threshold10 MW or more of high density computer processing demand with a load factor of at least 85% (as reported by EEI)
StatusLOWER CONFIDENCE. The EEI list (September 2026) says Montana-Dakota received approval of a High Density Contracted Demand Response tariff in North Dakota PSC Case PU-22-337, requiring agreements with customers of at least 10 MW and an 85% minimum load factor. Legislative materials call it Rate 45, with real-time pricing and large customers served through MISO market purchases. No North Dakota PSC order was found, one tracker lists the docket status as unknown, and the tariff sheet was not read.
SourceEEI Large Load Projects and Tariffs, Sept 2026; North Dakota Legislative Management minutes. PSC order and tariff not read.
Approved Checked 2026-10-14
ThresholdNot published in the sources found; applies to non-traditional large loads requesting service from member systems
StatusLOWER CONFIDENCE. Basin adopted a Large Load Commercial Program in June 2025 so that new large loads bear the generation and transmission cost and risk of serving them and existing members are shielded. Basin reports 26 applications since June 13, 2025, 17 active. A multi-gigawatt data center campus with a NextEra gas plant in Mercer County, North Dakota is being developed under the program. Contract terms and rates were not found.
SourceBasin Electric news releases (basinelectric.com); program documents not read.
Interconnection & regulatory guidance
Utility-specific — no statewide guidance resolves without naming a utility, but real tariff research exists above for Otter Tail Power Company (North Dakota) and Montana-Dakota Utilities (North Dakota), high density computer processing demand tariff and Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Dakotas and Montana), Large Load Commercial Program. Interconnection process for a specific utility can be confirmed directly once that utility is identified for your site.
Land-constraint screening
Every Kill Test automatically screens against 6 nationwide land-constraint layers, North Dakota included — no state-by-state gaps here.
FEMA Flood ZoneNearby WetlandsProtected / Conservation LandCritical HabitatSeismic HazardTribal Land