---
title: "Kristi Hobbs"
type: "entity"
entity_kind: "person"
status: "hub"
canonical_name: "Kristi Hobbs"
aliases: []
first_seen: "2026-08-01T00:00:00.000Z"
writer_model: "claude-sonnet-5"
connects_to: ["ERCOT large-load interconnection queue","Texas grid / data-center demand","phantom load","ERCOT Board of Directors"]
---


ERCOT's Vice President of System Planning and Weatherization. Her "Item 16.2: System Planning and Weatherization Update," presented to the ERCOT Board of Directors on December 8–9, 2025, is the Tier-1 primary source this vault used to directly confirm (and, on one figure, correct) trade-press reporting of ERCOT's large-load interconnection queue — the mechanism anchoring the vault's Texas-grid-under-AI-demand thread. She matters here as the named official whose own board materials are now the load-bearing citation for that thread's headline numbers, not as a public figure in her own right.

## References
- [[claim-ercot-board-presentation-confirms-226gw-63gw-large-load-queue]]
- [[claim-ercot-primary-source-73-percent-data-centers-not-77-percent]]
- [[claim-ercot-queue-only-2-percent-observed-energized-nov-2025]]
- Captures: 10-inbox/raw/2026-08-01-do-ercots-primary-reports-confirm-the-226-gw.md