Project Keystone
Keystone Valley (fictional) · Keystone Valley Utility (fictional) · Project owner: Drew Mercer (fictional)
- Requested
- 300 MW
- Stronger/committed
- 300 MW
- Initial increment
- 300 MW
- Full-capacity target
- March 31, 2028
- Full-capacity utility forecast
- March 31, 2028
- Risk status
- Moderate
Executive Summary
The fictional 300 MW service package is under construction with executed capacity-bearing agreement support. The March 2028 forecast and $88M company exposure are unchanged. Continue interface and readiness tracking.
Recorded context
No meaningful changes were recorded.
September 24 → October 1, 2026
No material change detected in comparable fields for this reporting period.
MW
- Requested
- 300 MW
- Initial increment
- 300 MW (Phase 1)
- Additional increments
- 0 MW
- Stronger/committed
- 300 MW
- Energized
- 0 MW
- Evidence state
- 300 MWUnder Construction
- Remaining conditions
- 1 recorded conditions
Date
- Initial-service target / forecast
- March 31, 2028 / March 31, 2028
- Full-capacity target / forecast
- March 31, 2028 / March 31, 2028
- Schedule variance (full capacity)
- At target0 days vs target
- Forecast movement since prior period
- Initial: Unchanged
Full: Unchanged - Critical path
- Construction complete · Jan 1, 2028
- Forecast source and date
- Utility letter: Keystone fictional utility update (September 24, 2026) as of September 24, 2026
Cost
- Company forecast
- $88M
- Prior comparable forecast
- $88M
- Change
- $0M
- Total infrastructure estimate
- $126M
- Approved budget
- $92M
- Budget variance
- −$4M
- Estimate confidence
- Illustrative study / facilities forecast
- Scope / allocation basis
- View scope and allocation
Risk
- Highest active severity
- Moderate
- Top recorded issue
- Construction interfaces require coordinated outage and access windows
- Mitigation
- Maintain the utility/customer interface schedule and confirm equipment arrival against the agreed milestones.
- Owner
- Drew Mercer (fictional)
- Trigger
- Recorded condition remains unresolved at the relevant delivery or commercial gate.
Decision
No open decision recorded for this scope.
Capacity increments
Phase 1
Under Construction- Increment
- 300 MW
- Cumulative
- 300 MW of 300 MW requested
- Stronger/committed
- 300 MW
- Energized
- 0 MW
- Evidence status
- Under Construction · Active
- Conditions
- Delivery remains subject to the listed utility upgrades and readiness milestones.
- Target
- March 31, 2028
- Utility forecast
- March 31, 2028
- Actual energization
- Not energized
- Forecast source
- Utility letter: Keystone fictional utility update (September 24, 2026) as of September 24, 2026
- Dependencies
- Upgrade scope: Keystone fictional delivery scope
Cost scope and allocation
- Scope
- Study, utility connection, allocated network upgrades, and utility-related customer facilities; excludes electricity purchases, unrelated campus work, standalone security, and contingent cancellation scenarios.
- Allocation basis
- Fictional company-assigned share of defined infrastructure scope; unchanged between snapshots unless explicitly recorded.
- Contingency included
- Yes
- Change reason
- No change in the company cost forecast is recorded for this reporting period.
- Currency
- USD
Upgrade scopes
Keystone fictional delivery scope
- Description
- Defined fictional utility delivery work; referenced by phases and constraints, not an additional project or cost bucket.
- Status
- Tracked
- Cost in company forecast
- Included — counted once in the project forecast
- Owner
- Drew Mercer (fictional)
Lifecycle & Milestones
Lifecycle stage: Construction · Remaining full-capacity pathway
- 01Screening
- 02Utility Engagement
- 03Preliminary Feasibility
- 04Formal Request
- 05Study
- 06Upgrade Definition
- 07Commercial Negotiation
- 08Agreements Executed
- 09Engineering / Procurement
- 10Construction
- 11Commissioning
- 12Energized / Ramping
- Scope
- Remaining full-capacity pathway; already agreed initial phases are recorded separately.
- Notes
- Illustrative milestone dates, not asserted utility process durations. Permitting/procurement gates may overlap.
- Sources
- Utility letter: Keystone fictional utility update (September 24, 2026)
Shown once for all milestones; any milestone with a different scope, note or source lists it under its name.
| Milestone | Planned | Forecast | Actual | Status | Owner | Dependencies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screening review complete | Mar 26, 2025 | Mar 26, 2025 | Mar 26, 2025 | Complete | Drew Mercer (fictional) | — |
| Utility inquiry acknowledged | May 25, 2025 | May 25, 2025 | May 25, 2025 | Complete | Drew Mercer (fictional) | Milestone: Screening review complete |
| Preliminary assessment received | Jul 24, 2025 | Jul 24, 2025 | Jul 24, 2025 | Complete | Drew Mercer (fictional) | Milestone: Utility inquiry acknowledged |
| Formal request accepted | Sep 22, 2025 | Sep 22, 2025 | Sep 22, 2025 | Complete | Drew Mercer (fictional) | Milestone: Preliminary assessment received |
| Study review complete | Nov 21, 2025 | Nov 21, 2025 | Nov 21, 2025 | Complete | Drew Mercer (fictional) | Milestone: Formal request accepted |
| Upgrade scope defined | Jan 20, 2026 | Jan 20, 2026 | Jan 20, 2026 | Complete | Drew Mercer (fictional) | Milestone: Study review complete |
| Commercial positions agreed | Mar 21, 2026 | Mar 21, 2026 | Mar 21, 2026 | Complete | Drew Mercer (fictional) | Milestone: Upgrade scope defined |
| Required agreements executed | May 20, 2026 | May 20, 2026 | May 20, 2026 | Complete | Drew Mercer (fictional) | Milestone: Commercial positions agreed |
| Engineering and long-lead procurement gate | Jul 19, 2026 | Jul 19, 2026 | Jul 19, 2026 | Complete | Keystone Valley Utility (fictional) delivery lead (fictional) | Milestone: Required agreements executed |
| Construction completeCritical path | Jan 1, 2028 | Jan 1, 2028 | — | In progress | Keystone Valley Utility (fictional) delivery lead (fictional) | Milestone: Engineering and long-lead procurement gate |
| Commissioning acceptanceCritical path | Mar 17, 2028 | Mar 17, 2028 | — | Planned | Keystone Valley Utility (fictional) delivery lead (fictional) | Milestone: Construction complete |
| Full requested capacity in serviceCritical path | Mar 31, 2028 | Mar 31, 2028 | — | Planned | Keystone Valley Utility (fictional) delivery lead (fictional) | Milestone: Commissioning acceptance |
Technical Constraints
Construction sequencing
Open- Description
- Construction interfaces require coordinated outage and access windows
- Triggering condition / contingency
- Fictional study/record condition; confirm the assumptions before treating it as a delivery conclusion.
- MW threshold
- 300 MW
- Candidate mitigation
- Maintain the utility/customer interface schedule and confirm equipment arrival against the agreed milestones.
- Related scope cost
- $35.2MIllustrative related work only; included in the authoritative project forecast.
- Schedule impact
- See phase and milestone dates; do not infer recovery.
- Confidence
- Illustrative study / record basis
- Upgrade scope
- Upgrade scope: Keystone fictional delivery scope
Commercial Commitments
Study deposit
Study agreement (fictional)
$0.5MOne-time
- Due date
- August 15, 2026
- Refundability
- Conditional
- Trigger
- Formal study acceptance
- Credit / forecast treatment
- Included in the company forecast; any refund depends on the fictional agreement terms.
- Risk note
- Payment does not establish a capacity commitment.
- Notes
- Fictional paid deposit, not additional forecast exposure.
Construction payment
Facilities agreement (fictional)
$8MOne-time
- Due date
- October 20, 2026Later
- Refundability
- Nonrefundable
- Trigger
- Defined construction milestone supported by acceptance evidence
- Credit / forecast treatment
- Funds costs already included in company forecast; do not add to exposure.
- Risk note
- Payment is conditional on milestone evidence, with no invented remedy.
- Notes
- Verify the recorded trigger before any actual authorization.
Risks & Mitigations
Construction interfaces require coordinated outage and access windows
ModerateOpen- Category
- Construction
- Probability / impact
- Moderate / Moderate
- Description
- The fictional 300 MW service package is under construction with executed capacity-bearing agreement support. The March 2028 forecast and $88M company exposure are unchanged. Continue interface and readiness tracking.
- Mitigation
- Maintain the utility/customer interface schedule and confirm equipment arrival against the agreed milestones.
- Owner
- Drew Mercer (fictional)
- Trigger
- Recorded condition remains unresolved at the relevant delivery or commercial gate.
Decisions & Options
No open decision recorded for this scope.
Compare with previous period
No material change detected in comparable fields for this reporting period.
Contacts
Demo Utility Contact Keystone
Large-load relationship lead (fictional)
- Organization
- Keystone Valley Utility (fictional)
- Relationship owner
- Drew Mercer (fictional)
- Email placeholder
- keystone.utility@example.com
- Phone placeholder
- Fictional placeholder — no number
- Notes
- All identities and organizations are demonstration content.
Demo Consultant Keystone
Study review lead (fictional)
- Organization
- Demo Grid Advisory (fictional)
- Relationship owner
- Drew Mercer (fictional)
- Email placeholder
- keystone.consultant@example.com
- Phone placeholder
- Fictional placeholder — no number
- Notes
- Consultant findings require utility validation where applicable.
Documents & Evidence
Keystone fictional study / screening recordStudy · Reviewed demo summary · September 20, 2026View demo summary
Demo record — no file attachedFictional document summary
Current record · October 1, 2026
The fictional 300 MW service package is under construction with executed capacity-bearing agreement support. The March 2028 forecast and $88M company exposure are unchanged. Continue interface and readiness tracking.
Prior record · September 24, 2026
Unchanged from the prior record.
Cited by: Construction sequencing, Keystone fictional delivery scope
Keystone fictional agreement register entryAgreement · Executed for qualifying phase MW only · September 18, 2026View demo summary
Demo record — no file attachedFictional document summary
Current record · October 1, 2026
Fictional executed service coverage: Phase 1: 300 MW. Coverage is conditional on the listed delivery works, customer readiness, and service authorization; forecast dates are not unconditional guarantees.
Prior record · September 24, 2026
Unchanged from the prior record.
Cited by: Phase 1, Study deposit, Construction payment
Keystone fictional utility updateUtility letter · Demo summary · September 24, 2026View demo summary
Demo record — no file attachedFictional document summary
Current record · October 1, 2026
The fictional 300 MW service package is under construction with executed capacity-bearing agreement support. The March 2028 forecast and $88M company exposure are unchanged. Continue interface and readiness tracking. No meaningful changes were recorded.
Prior record · September 24, 2026
Unchanged from the prior record.
Cited by: Phase 1, Construction interfaces require coordinated outage and access windows, Screening review complete, Utility inquiry acknowledged, Preliminary assessment received, Formal request accepted, Study review complete, Upgrade scope defined, Commercial positions agreed, Required agreements executed, Engineering and long-lead procurement gate, Construction complete, Commissioning acceptance, Full requested capacity in service
Keystone fictional cost recordCost estimate · Illustrative current forecast · September 24, 2026View demo summary
Demo record — no file attachedFictional document summary
Current record · October 1, 2026
Fictional company forecast: 88000000; gross infrastructure estimate: 126000000; approved budget: 92000000. No change in the company cost forecast is recorded for this reporting period.
Prior record · September 24, 2026
Unchanged from the prior record.
Cited by: Cost scope and allocation
Keystone fictional coordination notesMeeting notes · Demo summary · September 24, 2026View demo summary
Demo record — no file attachedFictional document summary
Current record · October 1, 2026
Maintain the utility/customer interface schedule and confirm equipment arrival against the agreed milestones.
Prior record · September 24, 2026
Unchanged from the prior record.
Keystone fictional commercial correspondenceCorrespondence · Demo summary · September 24, 2026View demo summary
Demo record — no file attachedFictional document summary
Current record · October 1, 2026
No new published decision is recorded. Continue the assigned follow-up.
Prior record · September 24, 2026
Unchanged from the prior record.
This fictional record supports the demo's internal consistency; it is not evidence about a real utility or project.