Tool
Public-record → trade-press lead-time estimator
Data-center permits, interconnection-queue notices, and dockets usually move before the recap. Pick a record type for an educational lead-time band — how long the paper often sits before trade press. Watt Brief watches the record, not the press cycle.
How far ahead you book a site visit or load study. Not a forecast.
Typical lead window (heuristic)
30–180 days
Record posts → common trade-press recap, not a prediction.
Staff reports, overlay maps, and planning-commission packets sit 30–180 days before a polished announcement. A denial or overlay shrink is a recorded action, not a rumor. Trade press usually arrives after the vote narrative is easy.
Your horizon sits inside the typical recap band — the record is usually still early.
Watt Brief watches the record itself. Empty mornings we skip. This estimator is a labeled heuristic for education and SEO — not an API and not a promise that press will land on a given day.
How to read this
Bands are labeled heuristics, not a prediction API. A given filing can be written up the same afternoon or ignored for months. Use the window to decide whether you still have time to open the source URL before you book the visit.
Educational planning aid only — not legal, engineering, or investment advice. Thresholds and clocks here are illustrative of common public-record screens. Live numbers live in the tariff, docket, or county packet and change. Confirm every identity on the issuing source. Contact hello@wattbrief.com.
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