If you're reading tweets claiming that #BAAJA helps #datacenters by letting them get speed for "flexing at peak", they are wrong. This simplification is dangerous. It misses the engineering reality of the grid. If a large load only curtails during system-wide peak hours, it can still fail IX studies and won't get powered faster. Grid constraints aren't just about system-wide capacity. Steady-state analysis evaluates N-1 contingencies (like unexpectedly losing a transformer or transmission line). These trigger severe localized thermal limits and congestion, which can easily happen off-peak. BAAJA’s breakthrough isn't peak shaving; it's codifying "non-firm transmission service". The bill mandates standardized evaluation of "cost reduction options" to create a regulatory hook for "non-firm withdrawal limits that avoid network upgrades". The real speed mechanism: get faster interconnection and lower transmission rates not by dodging peak pricing, but by acting as true congestion-accepting resources. They are legally and economically binding themselves to localized, node-specific physics. BAAJA makes what we've already written for Texas as #PCLR, possible for FERC grids.