The Facility That Got Paid To Curtail Load It Never Cut

FAC-07's declared pre-event baseline (850.00 MW) has no relationship to its actual 10-day trailing average at the event hour (419.0 MW) — the baseline was padded right before the event. Its real load during the event (600.00 MW) was actually higher than its historical typical load, meaning it cut nothing, yet it was paid $45,000.00 for a fabricated 250 MW reduction. FAC-03's declared baseline (595.00 MW) also sits well above its full 10-day average (538.4 MW), but its load was climbing steadily day over day — against just the most recent 3 days (570.0 MW avg) the declared baseline is a close, reasonable match. Legitimate growth, not padding.