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  "name": "MARLOWE 34-State CEII Ghost Load™ Audit Grid",
  "framework": "Architecture of Dependency and Autonomy™",
  "architect": "L.M. Marlowe",
  "publisher": "L.M. Marlowe LLC",
  "site": "https://marloweaudit.com",
  "license": "https://marloweaudit.com/reservation-of-rights.html",
  "prior_art_anchor": "2025-11-07",
  "sealed": "2026-01-30",
  "build_version": "v34.23",
  "build_date": "2026-05-25",
  "generated": "2026-05-26T02:53:31.090206Z",
  "uspto_anchor": "99745529",
  "uspto_mark": "MARLOWE ENERGY EFFICIENT STATE AUDIT™",
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    "total_34_state_ghost_load_midpoint_usd": 1340000000000,
    "total_34_state_ghost_load_range_low_usd": 1000000000000,
    "total_34_state_ghost_load_range_high_usd": 1500000000000,
    "documented_verified_tier_1_and_2_usd": 424860000000,
    "verified_extraction_sum_usd_actual": 453134285000
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  "headline_label": "34 states (+ Puerto Rico as territory)",
  "actual_enumeration_in_record": {
    "total_jurisdictions": 38,
    "states": 37,
    "territories": 1
  },
  "tier_counts": {
    "tier_1_puc_shielded": 3,
    "tier_2_verified_primary": 7,
    "tier_3_ceii_confirmed_research": 28,
    "verified_dollar_figure_attached": 16
  },
  "tiers": {
    "1": {
      "label": "PUC Proceedings Shielded",
      "description": "Data legally shielded behind state PUC CEII designations."
    },
    "2": {
      "label": "Verified Primary Source",
      "description": "Data became public through disaster, federal prosecution, bankruptcy, or plant abandonment."
    },
    "3": {
      "label": "CEII Confirmed, Primary Source Research Ongoing",
      "description": "Shield is confirmed; specific figures pending primary-source verification."
    }
  },
  "source_essay": "essays/ip-06-the-symmetrical-grid-186-186-domestic-global-extraction-audit.html",
  "primary_sources": [
    "MARLOWE 34-State CEII Ghost Load™ Audit Grid v2 (docx)",
    "NGA — National Governors Association, March 10, 2026",
    "FERC / NERC dockets",
    "State Public Utility Commission proceedings",
    "DOJ prosecution records",
    "PG&E bankruptcy / Hawaii litigation / PREPA filings"
  ],
  "build_note": [
    "All canonical figures const-locked to Work Order ($1.34T midpoint of $1.0-1.5T range).",
    "IP-06 essay headline says '34 states + Puerto Rico'. The actual enumeration in the same essay covers 37 states + 1 territory = 38 jurisdictions. This record faithfully includes all 38 — the '34' is preserved as the canonical brand value (corresponds to states with the most documented Ghost Load signal).",
    "Tier 1 + Tier 2 verified extraction sums to approximately $450-500B (the figure cited in IP-06 as the documented floor before extrapolation to the $1.34T midpoint).",
    "Tier 3 states without dollar figures are CEII-shielded — the data exists but is legally non-public. Absence of a figure does NOT mean absence of Ghost Load; it means the audit cannot yet compute the value from primary sources.",
    "Tier 1 + Tier 2 verified sum (computed from this record): $424,860,000,000. IP-06 essay cites the documented Tier 1+2 floor as approximately $450-500B; some Tier 3 states also carry publicly verified figures (NC coal ash, MS Kemper, TN Kingston, OR PacifiCorp) — the all-tiers verified sum is $453.1B which falls within the IP-06 range.",
    "Per IP-06: hidden Ghost Load in shielded states estimated at $20-30B average per state. Conservative projection across all 34 states with ~40% of US population yields the $1.0-1.5T range, midpoint $1.34T."
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  "copyright_notice": "© 2026 L.M. Marlowe. All Rights Reserved. Prior Art: November 7, 2025. Sealed: January 30, 2026. Protected under 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b). USPTO Serial 99745529 — MARLOWE ENERGY EFFICIENT STATE AUDIT™.",
  "states": [
    {
      "name": "Texas",
      "tier": 1,
      "type": "state",
      "utility": "ERCOT / CenterPoint Energy",
      "issue": "Winter Storm Uri (2021) — deregulated grid, no winterization mandate",
      "ghost_load_usd": 311000000000,
      "components": [
        {
          "label": "Economic damage (Uri)",
          "amount_usd": 295000000000,
          "source": "FERC/NERC Uri Report"
        },
        {
          "label": "Securitization to ratepayers",
          "amount_usd": 16000000000,
          "source": "Texas PUC docket"
        }
      ],
      "mechanism": "PUC proceedings shielded by CEII designation; ratepayer absorption via securitization",
      "human_cost": "Christian Pineda (11) and 246+ confirmed deaths during Uri",
      "status": "TIER_1_SHIELDED",
      "primary_sources": [
        "FERC/NERC Uri Report",
        "Texas PUC docket"
      ],
      "state_code": "TX"
    },
    {
      "name": "Oklahoma",
      "tier": 1,
      "type": "state",
      "utility": "OG&E / PSO",
      "issue": "Storm Uri fuel cost pass-through",
      "ghost_load_usd": 2100000000,
      "components": [
        {
          "label": "Fuel costs passed to ratepayers",
          "amount_usd": 2100000000,
          "source": "Oklahoma Corporation Commission"
        }
      ],
      "mechanism": "PUC proceedings shielded; multi-year ratepayer recovery",
      "human_cost": "Multiple cold-weather deaths during Uri",
      "status": "TIER_1_SHIELDED",
      "primary_sources": [
        "Oklahoma Corporation Commission"
      ],
      "state_code": "OK"
    },
    {
      "name": "South Carolina",
      "tier": 1,
      "type": "state",
      "utility": "SCE&G / Santee Cooper / Westinghouse",
      "issue": "V.C. Summer nuclear plant abandonment",
      "ghost_load_usd": 9000000000,
      "components": [
        {
          "label": "V.C. Summer abandonment",
          "amount_usd": 9000000000,
          "source": "SCPSC / DOJ records"
        }
      ],
      "mechanism": "Construction abandonment; ratepayers continue paying for plant never completed",
      "human_cost": "Statewide rate burden on captive ratepayer base",
      "status": "TIER_1_SHIELDED",
      "primary_sources": [
        "SCPSC",
        "DOJ records"
      ],
      "state_code": "SC"
    },
    {
      "name": "California",
      "tier": 2,
      "type": "state",
      "utility": "PG&E",
      "issue": "Camp Fire (2018) — deferred grid maintenance",
      "ghost_load_usd": 30000000000,
      "components": [
        {
          "label": "PG&E Camp Fire liability",
          "amount_usd": 30000000000,
          "source": "PG&E bankruptcy filings"
        }
      ],
      "mechanism": "Bankruptcy reorganization; liability absorbed by ratepayers + state",
      "human_cost": "85 deaths in Paradise, CA — Camp Fire",
      "status": "TIER_2_VERIFIED",
      "primary_sources": [
        "PG&E bankruptcy",
        "CPUC dockets"
      ],
      "state_code": "CA"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ohio",
      "tier": 2,
      "type": "state",
      "utility": "FirstEnergy / AEP",
      "issue": "HB6 bribery scandal — illegal nuclear subsidy",
      "ghost_load_usd": 1560000000,
      "components": [
        {
          "label": "HB6 bribery payments",
          "amount_usd": 60000000,
          "source": "DOJ prosecution"
        },
        {
          "label": "Illegal charges to ratepayers",
          "amount_usd": 1500000000,
          "source": "DOJ prosecution"
        }
      ],
      "mechanism": "Legislative capture; bribery secured ratepayer-funded subsidy",
      "human_cost": "Statewide ratepayer overcharge; political corruption",
      "status": "TIER_2_VERIFIED",
      "primary_sources": [
        "DOJ — FirstEnergy DPA",
        "Ohio PUC dockets"
      ],
      "state_code": "OH"
    },
    {
      "name": "Georgia",
      "tier": 2,
      "type": "state",
      "utility": "Georgia Power / Southern Company",
      "issue": "Vogtle Plant Units 3 and 4 cost overruns",
      "ghost_load_usd": 36000000000,
      "ghost_load_range_low_usd": 35000000000,
      "ghost_load_range_high_usd": 37000000000,
      "components": [
        {
          "label": "Vogtle overruns",
          "amount_usd": 36000000000,
          "source": "Georgia PSC dockets"
        }
      ],
      "mechanism": "Construction Work In Progress (CWIP) ratepayer financing of cost overruns",
      "human_cost": "Highest residential bills in continental US",
      "status": "TIER_2_VERIFIED",
      "primary_sources": [
        "Georgia PSC"
      ],
      "state_code": "GA"
    },
    {
      "name": "Virginia",
      "tier": 2,
      "type": "state",
      "utility": "Dominion Energy",
      "issue": "Data-center driven grid buildout (15-year horizon)",
      "ghost_load_usd": 22000000000,
      "components": [
        {
          "label": "2026 Dominion rate increase",
          "amount_usd": 565000000,
          "source": "Virginia SCC"
        },
        {
          "label": "Projected 15-year grid costs",
          "amount_usd": 22000000000,
          "source": "Virginia SCC"
        }
      ],
      "mechanism": "Residential ratepayer subsidy of data-center load via base-rate recovery",
      "human_cost": "Residential ratepayer burden",
      "status": "TIER_2_VERIFIED",
      "primary_sources": [
        "Virginia SCC"
      ],
      "state_code": "VA"
    },
    {
      "name": "Illinois",
      "tier": 2,
      "type": "state",
      "utility": "ComEd / Exelon",
      "issue": "ComEd bribery scandal",
      "ghost_load_usd": 200000000,
      "components": [
        {
          "label": "DOJ settlement",
          "amount_usd": 200000000,
          "source": "DOJ ComEd Deferred Prosecution Agreement"
        }
      ],
      "mechanism": "Legislative bribery to secure favorable regulation",
      "human_cost": "Ratepayer overcharge; Madigan corruption case",
      "status": "TIER_2_VERIFIED",
      "primary_sources": [
        "DOJ ComEd DPA"
      ],
      "state_code": "IL"
    },
    {
      "name": "Hawaii",
      "tier": 2,
      "type": "state",
      "utility": "Hawaiian Electric (HECO)",
      "issue": "Lahaina wildfire (Aug 2023) — uncleared brush, no power shutoff",
      "ghost_load_usd": 4000000000,
      "components": [
        {
          "label": "HECO wildfire liability (4B+)",
          "amount_usd": 4000000000,
          "source": "Hawaii litigation"
        }
      ],
      "mechanism": "Deferred infrastructure maintenance; alert system + power shutoff protocol failure",
      "human_cost": "101 deaths in Lahaina",
      "status": "TIER_2_VERIFIED",
      "primary_sources": [
        "Hawaii state litigation"
      ],
      "state_code": "HI"
    },
    {
      "name": "Puerto Rico",
      "tier": 2,
      "type": "territory",
      "utility": "PREPA / LUMA Energy",
      "issue": "PREPA debt + 30+ cents/kWh tariff",
      "ghost_load_usd": 9000000000,
      "components": [
        {
          "label": "PREPA debt",
          "amount_usd": 9000000000,
          "source": "IEEFA / FOMB filings"
        }
      ],
      "mechanism": "Bankruptcy under PROMESA; rates among highest in US territory",
      "human_cost": "Territory-wide grid failures (Hurricane Maria; ongoing)",
      "status": "TIER_2_VERIFIED",
      "primary_sources": [
        "IEEFA",
        "FOMB"
      ],
      "rate_cents_per_kwh": 30,
      "state_code": "PR"
    },
    {
      "name": "Alabama",
      "tier": 3,
      "type": "state",
      "status": "TIER_3_CEII_CONFIRMED",
      "utility": "Alabama Power / Southern Company",
      "issue": "Generation cost recovery",
      "ghost_load_usd": null,
      "mechanism": "CEII-shielded",
      "human_cost": null,
      "primary_sources": [
        "Alabama PSC (shielded)"
      ],
      "state_code": "AL"
    },
    {
      "name": "Arkansas",
      "tier": 3,
      "type": "state",
      "status": "TIER_3_CEII_CONFIRMED",
      "utility": "Entergy Arkansas",
      "issue": "Rate base recovery",
      "ghost_load_usd": null,
      "mechanism": "CEII-shielded",
      "human_cost": null,
      "primary_sources": [
        "Arkansas PSC (shielded)"
      ],
      "state_code": "AR"
    },
    {
      "name": "Indiana",
      "tier": 3,
      "type": "state",
      "status": "TIER_3_CEII_CONFIRMED",
      "utility": "NIPSCO / Duke Energy Indiana / AES Indiana",
      "issue": "Retired coal plant carrying costs",
      "ghost_load_usd": 83585000,
      "components": [
        {
          "label": "$229K/day for retired coal plants (annualized)",
          "amount_usd": 83585000,
          "source": "Indiana URC filings (v2 docx)"
        }
      ],
      "mechanism": "Continued recovery on retired generation assets",
      "human_cost": "Ratepayer overcharge for retired capacity",
      "primary_sources": [
        "Indiana URC"
      ],
      "state_code": "IN"
    },
    {
      "name": "Iowa",
      "tier": 3,
      "type": "state",
      "status": "TIER_3_CEII_CONFIRMED",
      "utility": "MidAmerican Energy",
      "issue": "Wind capex recovery",
      "ghost_load_usd": null,
      "mechanism": "CEII-shielded",
      "human_cost": null,
      "primary_sources": [
        "Iowa Utilities Board (shielded)"
      ],
      "state_code": "IA"
    },
    {
      "name": "Kansas",
      "tier": 3,
      "type": "state",
      "status": "TIER_3_CEII_CONFIRMED",
      "utility": "Evergy",
      "issue": "Rate base",
      "ghost_load_usd": null,
      "mechanism": "CEII-shielded",
      "human_cost": null,
      "primary_sources": [
        "Kansas Corporation Commission (shielded)"
      ],
      "state_code": "KS"
    },
    {
      "name": "Maryland",
      "tier": 3,
      "type": "state",
      "status": "TIER_3_CEII_CONFIRMED",
      "utility": "BGE / Pepco",
      "issue": "Distribution rate cases",
      "ghost_load_usd": null,
      "mechanism": "CEII-shielded",
      "human_cost": null,
      "primary_sources": [
        "Maryland PSC (shielded)"
      ],
      "state_code": "MD"
    },
    {
      "name": "Minnesota",
      "tier": 3,
      "type": "state",
      "status": "TIER_3_CEII_CONFIRMED",
      "utility": "Xcel Energy",
      "issue": "Rate increase concurrent with utility profit",
      "ghost_load_usd": 490700000,
      "components": [
        {
          "label": "Xcel rate increase",
          "amount_usd": 490700000,
          "source": "Minnesota PUC (v2 docx)"
        },
        {
          "label": "Xcel reported profit (same year)",
          "amount_usd": 2240000000,
          "source": "Xcel SEC filings",
          "note": "Comparative — not added to ghost_load_usd"
        }
      ],
      "mechanism": "Rate increase approved while reporting record profit",
      "human_cost": "Residential ratepayer burden",
      "primary_sources": [
        "Minnesota PUC"
      ],
      "state_code": "MN"
    },
    {
      "name": "New Jersey",
      "tier": 3,
      "type": "state",
      "status": "TIER_3_CEII_CONFIRMED",
      "utility": "PSE&G / JCP&L",
      "issue": "Capacity market exposure",
      "ghost_load_usd": null,
      "mechanism": "CEII-shielded",
      "human_cost": null,
      "primary_sources": [
        "New Jersey BPU (shielded)"
      ],
      "state_code": "NJ"
    },
    {
      "name": "Washington",
      "tier": 3,
      "type": "state",
      "status": "TIER_3_CEII_CONFIRMED",
      "utility": "PSE / Avista",
      "issue": "Wildfire risk + rate recovery",
      "ghost_load_usd": null,
      "mechanism": "CEII-shielded",
      "human_cost": null,
      "primary_sources": [
        "Washington UTC (shielded)"
      ],
      "state_code": "WA"
    },
    {
      "name": "Michigan",
      "tier": 3,
      "type": "state",
      "status": "TIER_3_CEII_CONFIRMED",
      "utility": "DTE / Consumers Energy",
      "issue": "Outage recovery + rate cases",
      "ghost_load_usd": null,
      "mechanism": "CEII-shielded",
      "human_cost": null,
      "primary_sources": [
        "Michigan PSC (shielded)"
      ],
      "state_code": "MI"
    },
    {
      "name": "North Carolina",
      "tier": 3,
      "type": "state",
      "status": "TIER_3_CEII_CONFIRMED",
      "utility": "Duke Energy",
      "issue": "Coal ash cleanup + data-center buildout",
      "ghost_load_usd": 8000000000,
      "components": [
        {
          "label": "Coal ash cleanup",
          "amount_usd": 8000000000,
          "source": "Duke Energy filings"
        },
        {
          "label": "Residential bill increases 40-70% over 15 years (data-center subsidy)",
          "amount_usd": null,
          "source": "NC Utilities Commission (v2 docx)"
        }
      ],
      "mechanism": "Residential subsidy of data-center load; coal ash legacy cost recovery",
      "human_cost": "Residential ratepayer increases 40-70% over 15 years",
      "primary_sources": [
        "Duke Energy SEC filings",
        "NC Utilities Commission"
      ],
      "state_code": "NC"
    },
    {
      "name": "Pennsylvania",
      "tier": 3,
      "type": "state",
      "status": "TIER_3_CEII_CONFIRMED",
      "utility": "PECO / PPL / Duquesne",
      "issue": "PJM capacity market exposure",
      "ghost_load_usd": null,
      "mechanism": "CEII-shielded",
      "human_cost": null,
      "primary_sources": [
        "Pennsylvania PUC (shielded)"
      ],
      "state_code": "PA"
    },
    {
      "name": "Florida",
      "tier": 3,
      "type": "state",
      "status": "TIER_3_CEII_CONFIRMED",
      "utility": "FPL / Duke FL",
      "issue": "Storm recovery + nuclear",
      "ghost_load_usd": null,
      "mechanism": "CEII-shielded",
      "human_cost": null,
      "primary_sources": [
        "Florida PSC (shielded)"
      ],
      "state_code": "FL"
    },
    {
      "name": "Louisiana",
      "tier": 3,
      "type": "state",
      "status": "TIER_3_CEII_CONFIRMED",
      "utility": "Entergy Louisiana / Cleco",
      "issue": "Storm + generation recovery",
      "ghost_load_usd": null,
      "mechanism": "CEII-shielded",
      "human_cost": null,
      "primary_sources": [
        "Louisiana PSC (shielded)"
      ],
      "state_code": "LA"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mississippi",
      "tier": 3,
      "type": "state",
      "status": "TIER_3_CEII_CONFIRMED",
      "utility": "Mississippi Power / Southern Co",
      "issue": "Kemper clean-coal failure",
      "ghost_load_usd": 7500000000,
      "components": [
        {
          "label": "Kemper failure",
          "amount_usd": 7500000000,
          "source": "Mississippi PSC records"
        }
      ],
      "mechanism": "Failed clean-coal plant; ratepayer absorption",
      "human_cost": "Ratepayer overcharge across captive base",
      "primary_sources": [
        "Mississippi PSC"
      ],
      "state_code": "MS"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tennessee",
      "tier": 3,
      "type": "state",
      "status": "TIER_3_CEII_CONFIRMED",
      "utility": "TVA",
      "issue": "Kingston coal ash spill cleanup",
      "ghost_load_usd": 1200000000,
      "components": [
        {
          "label": "Kingston cleanup",
          "amount_usd": 1200000000,
          "source": "TVA records"
        }
      ],
      "mechanism": "Federal/ratepayer cleanup of fossil legacy",
      "human_cost": "Kingston cleanup workers — multiple deaths from coal ash exposure",
      "primary_sources": [
        "TVA records"
      ],
      "state_code": "TN"
    },
    {
      "name": "Wisconsin",
      "tier": 3,
      "type": "state",
      "status": "TIER_3_CEII_CONFIRMED",
      "utility": "WEC / Alliant",
      "issue": "Rate cases",
      "ghost_load_usd": null,
      "mechanism": "CEII-shielded",
      "human_cost": null,
      "primary_sources": [
        "Wisconsin PSC (shielded)"
      ],
      "state_code": "WI"
    },
    {
      "name": "Oregon",
      "tier": 3,
      "type": "state",
      "status": "TIER_3_CEII_CONFIRMED",
      "utility": "PacifiCorp / PGE",
      "issue": "2020 wildfire liability",
      "ghost_load_usd": 11000000000,
      "components": [
        {
          "label": "PacifiCorp wildfire liability",
          "amount_usd": 11000000000,
          "source": "PacifiCorp litigation"
        }
      ],
      "mechanism": "Wildfire liability litigation; ratepayer pass-through",
      "human_cost": "2020 Labor Day wildfires — multiple deaths",
      "primary_sources": [
        "Oregon court filings"
      ],
      "state_code": "OR"
    },
    {
      "name": "Nevada",
      "tier": 3,
      "type": "state",
      "status": "TIER_3_CEII_CONFIRMED",
      "utility": "NV Energy",
      "issue": "Rate cases + Sphere/data-center load",
      "ghost_load_usd": null,
      "mechanism": "CEII-shielded",
      "human_cost": null,
      "primary_sources": [
        "Nevada PUC (shielded)"
      ],
      "state_code": "NV"
    },
    {
      "name": "New Mexico",
      "tier": 3,
      "type": "state",
      "status": "TIER_3_CEII_CONFIRMED",
      "utility": "PNM Resources",
      "issue": "San Juan / Four Corners coal recovery",
      "ghost_load_usd": null,
      "mechanism": "CEII-shielded",
      "human_cost": null,
      "primary_sources": [
        "New Mexico PRC (shielded)"
      ],
      "state_code": "NM"
    },
    {
      "name": "Missouri",
      "tier": 3,
      "type": "state",
      "status": "TIER_3_CEII_CONFIRMED",
      "utility": "Ameren / Evergy MO",
      "issue": "Rate cases",
      "ghost_load_usd": null,
      "mechanism": "CEII-shielded",
      "human_cost": null,
      "primary_sources": [
        "Missouri PSC (shielded)"
      ],
      "state_code": "MO"
    },
    {
      "name": "Montana",
      "tier": 3,
      "type": "state",
      "status": "TIER_3_CEII_CONFIRMED",
      "utility": "NorthWestern Energy",
      "issue": "Colstrip coal carrying costs",
      "ghost_load_usd": null,
      "mechanism": "CEII-shielded",
      "human_cost": null,
      "primary_sources": [
        "Montana PSC (shielded)"
      ],
      "state_code": "MT"
    },
    {
      "name": "North Dakota",
      "tier": 3,
      "type": "state",
      "status": "TIER_3_CEII_CONFIRMED",
      "utility": "MDU / Otter Tail / Basin",
      "issue": "Coal recovery",
      "ghost_load_usd": null,
      "mechanism": "CEII-shielded",
      "human_cost": null,
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