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Customer-Built Switchyard Drawdown and Owner Exposure Control Pack

A premium owner-side draw request, monitoring, cost-to-complete, schedule-control and future-funding template for customer-built or build-transfer switchyards.

A switchyard draw should not be approved because invoices add up. The owner must prove that the claimed work exists, the equipment is acceptable, title and lien exposure are controlled, the schedule remains achievable, and the undisbursed budget can finish the accepted scope.

This working pack coordinates the current draw, independent monitoring, TSP acceptance dependencies and future funding requests in one owner-control system.

Handbook PDF

Complete operating toolkit: handbook PDF, formula-driven XLSX, editable Word forms, operational CSV registers, worked example, quick start, data dictionary, authority map, update log and license.

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Version 3.2.0 · Verified locally 2026-09-18. Source-specific verification limits are in the authority map.

The examples are illustrative. Read the quick start and license in the ZIP before using a project copy.

What is inside

Handbook and worked example

Substantive guidance with a labeled 200 MW campus example, authority limits and release gates.

Editable control model

Cost-by-cost reconciliation, cash-to-finish, risk, contingency, retainage, earned-value future draws, all applicable checklist controls and critical-path scheduling.

Operating records

Editable release and exception forms, dated calculated CSV snapshots, input templates and a field dictionary.

Version and source record

Version 3.2.0. Actual verification review: September 18, 2026. 16 TAC 25.194 was adopted September 18, 2026 and took effect October 8, 2026, per the PUCT order adopting 16 TAC 25.194 (Project 58481, Item 218) and the Texas Register adoption notice at 51 TexReg 6875 (October 2, 2026), both listed under Primary sources and scope.

Who should use it

For data center campus owners, developers, finance teams, project controls, construction monitors, engineers, counsel and TSP-interface leads administering customer-built or build-transfer switchyards.

If your switchyard draws look fine but the cost to finish keeps rising, our Campus recovery work finds the gap and sets a funded path to completion.

Connected Sitebraid pathways

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Primary sources and scope

  1. PUCT Project 58481, Filing 206

    Staff memo with draft recommended changes to the proposed rule, filed August 24, 2026. Draft history only; the adopted rule is listed below.

  2. PUCT order adopting 16 TAC 25.194 (Project 58481, Item 218)

    Order adopting 16 TAC 25.194, filed September 18, 2026.

  3. Texas Register adoption notice at 51 TexReg 6875 (October 2, 2026)

    Adopted-rule notice for 16 TAC 25.194, effective October 8, 2026.

  4. ERCOT Large Load Integration

    Current large-load process and implementation context.

  5. TxDOT construction recordkeeping and auditing resources

    Public owner recordkeeping and audit-control reference.

  6. TxDOT alternative-delivery resources

    Draw request, schedule, quality, change and acceptance reference.

  7. Texas utility tariff example

    CIAC, customer design, access rights and actual-cost mechanics.

This resource distinguishes governing requirements, project-specific determinations and recommended owner controls. It is not legal, tax, accounting, engineering or regulatory advice.

Cite this resource

Title
Customer-Built Switchyard Drawdown and Owner Exposure Control Pack
Publisher
Sitebraid
Canonical URL
https://sitebraid.dev/resources/customer-built-switchyard-drawdown-owner-exposure-control-pack/
Version
3.2.0
Reviewed

Author, methodology and update record

Author and publisher: Sitebraid. This owner-side synthesis separates source requirements, project-specific decisions and recommended controls. Use the primary sources below and the toolkit authority map to check applicability and source-specific review limits.

The version and review date above describe the resource record, not a new regulatory review. The toolkit includes the authority map, version update log and license. Citation, reuse and contact tools were added on ; that presentation update does not change the artifact version.

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