# Power and Substation Research | What FOUND Checks

How FOUND checks power context for North Carolina sites: mapped transmission lines, substations, distance from the parcel boundary, and utility territory.

Canonical: https://lotsfound.com/what-we-check/power-and-substations/

## Distance to power is the first filter

For a data center, power decides the site. We measure what the public maps show and mark what only the utility can answer.

## What we check

- Mapped transmission lines and substations near the parcel.
- Distance measured from the parcel boundary, not the center point.
- The electric utility territory the parcel sits in.

## Where the record stops

Public maps show where lines and substations are. They do not show available capacity, queue position, or the cost to connect. Those answers come from the utility, and we list the questions to ask.

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