ERCOT plans to complete the Texas governor’s data center audit by December.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which manages the state’s primary power grid, and the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) provided an update on the governor’s data center audit during a commission meeting Thursday. ERCOT confirmed it plans to complete the audit by December.

Last week, the grid operator stated it would verify information submitted by approximately 250 to 300 large energy consumers designated as “Batch Zero.” This cohort represents the first group of data centers and other major energy users to connect to the Texas power grid under new standards approved by ERCOT earlier this year.

In addition, ERCOT will gather “community impact information” as outlined in the governor’s directive. Grid operators will request this data from both Batch Zero-eligible large consumers and medium-sized consumers seeking between 25 and 75 megawatts of power. As of April, ERCOT had identified 157 medium-sized energy consumers—including data centers and cryptocurrency miners—seeking grid interconnection.

“It’s a tremendous amount of information that’s going to have to come back into ERCOT,” ERCOT Senior Vice President Chad Seely said at the commission meeting Thursday. “So as we look at the controls, we’re looking from the technology side too [and] how to make this more efficient.”

Under the governor’s directive, PUCT and ERCOT must evaluate new data centers’ energy and water consumption, as well as any government assistance or tax incentives received. The agencies are also tasked with collecting data on facility ownership and the projects’ effects on surrounding communities.

“At the end of the day, we should be able to ingest all this information, analyze it and come back with some key reasonable findings for the commission for the legislature and the governor’s office,” Seely said.

The governor’s moratorium does not apply to data centers currently under construction that have already secured approval to connect to the ERCOT grid. Facilities generating their own power without requiring grid connection are also exempt. Furthermore, data centers located outside the ERCOT service territory remain unaffected by the pause.