ERCOT and Oncor approvals for Black Pearl
Company: Cipher Mining
The claim, verbatim
Black Pearl has executed a 300 MW Facility Extension Agreement with Oncor and received ERCOT approval without pending approvals or load profile restrictions.
Source (primary)
cipher-mining 8-K exhibit (dp240991_ex9901.htm) (SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex), press_release)
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Quote: “300 MW Facility Extension Agreement executed with Oncor and approved by ERCOT, without any pending approvals or restrictions on the load profile”
How we checked this
Checked on September 24, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The document states a 300 MW Facility Extension Agreement was executed with Oncor and approved by ERCOT, with no pending approvals or load profile restrictions.
Confirmed in the source:
- A 300 MW Facility Extension Agreement was executed with Oncor for Black Pearl
- The agreement was approved by ERCOT
- There are no pending approvals
- There are no restrictions on the load profile
What we did: Read our cached copy of SEC EDGAR (8-K Ex) (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1819989/000095010326001480/dp240991_ex9901.htm) in full (20,147 characters, retrieved September 20, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms cipher-mining 8-K exhibit (dp240991_ex9901.htm)
Quote: “300 MW Facility Extension Agreement executed with Oncor and approved by ERCOT, without any pending approvals or restrictions on the load profile”