RESOURCE ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT · FOLLOW THE MONEY · STAGING

What changed after the project entered the system?

Track electric, water and sewer rates before and after large computational loads arrive—separately for residential, commercial and industrial customers—and show who official records say paid for new infrastructure.

Rates moving after a project arrives does not prove the project caused the change. RAP separates timing, system association, official attribution, cost allocation and defensible causal impact.

Three customer classes. Three utility ledgers.

Residential

Typical household electric, water and sewer bills under fixed usage profiles.

Commercial

Small and large commercial schedules, meter size, demand charges, riders and taxes.

Industrial / Large Load

Special contracts, very-large-customer tariffs, minimum demand, ratchets, collateral and exit protections.

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Common timeline

T-5 T-4 T-3 T-2 T-1 T0 AGREEMENT UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST SERVICE Y+1 Y+2 Y+3 Y+5 Y+10

Initial official-record anchors

Virginia · Dominion Energy VirginiaSCC approved a separate GS-5 class for customers demanding 25 MW or more, plus minimum-payment protections for certain large-scale customers. The same proceeding approved general residential base-rate increases for 2026 and 2027. RAP does not attribute those household increases to data centers without the underlying cost-allocation reconstruction.

Evidence state: RECORDED · causal state for facility-specific household share: UNKNOWN

Wisconsin · We EnergiesPSC changed the Very Large Customer tariff, extending the minimum initial term to 15 years and lowering the threshold to 100 MW, expressly describing the changes as protections against cost shifting to existing customers.

Evidence state: RECORDED · official cost-shift policy response

Wisconsin · Port Washington / VantagePSC water-main case identifies about 4.2 miles of 16-inch main, ordinary design demand of 22,000 gallons per day and fire-flow target of 3,500 gallons per minute for three hours.

Fire flow ≠ ordinary demand. Design ≠ measured use. Actual operating withdrawal remains UNKNOWN.

Texas · GranburyFY2025 ACFR provides residential and commercial/multi-unit electric, water and sewer tariffs. In July 2026 the City announced a six-percent water/wastewater adjustment, citing operating, maintenance, infrastructure and growth costs generally. The current record does not attribute the adjustment to a specific large computational facility.

Evidence state: RECORDED · facility-specific attribution: UNKNOWN

Who paid?

Cost channel	What RAP looks for
Facility / developer	Contribution in aid, upfront infrastructure payment, dedicated facilities, deposits, minimum bills
Large-load customer class	Tariff allocation, demand minimums, riders, exit fees, collateral
Utility rate base	Approved capital additions and allocation across classes
City / county	Debt, reimbursements, roads, land, utility extensions, grants
State / federal	Grants, loans, principal forgiveness, tax programs
Existing customers	Only when official allocation or reproducible calculation establishes the burden
Unknown	Preserved when records do not establish allocation

Causality ladder

Timing: rate changed after project arrival.
System association: rate case/capital plan overlaps large-load growth.
Official attribution: regulator/utility/city identifies large load as a driver.
Cost allocation: record assigns cost to project or class.
Defensible causal impact: reproducible portion borne by another class.

Public language may not jump levels.

Siting test

RAP will compare municipal, ETJ and unincorporated projects using actual approval steps and elapsed days, not assumptions. Texas records show both municipalities and counties have economic-development pathways, so the proposition that cities are categorically easier or faster is currently NOT ESTABLISHED.