How we work
How the number stays neutral
An index is only worth citing if the number means the same thing no matter who publishes it, and if no one can lean on it. LOADSTAR holds that with three rules: no side in any deal, a fixed rule run over each operator’s own queue file and an open record of when we are wrong.
We take no side in any deal
No developer, utility, hyperscaler or investor pays us to move a number, and we hold no position in any project in the queues we read. The same number is public to everyone, at the same time — the opposite of a tool sold privately to one party in a docket. Our only incentive is to be the number people can trust enough to cite.
A published rule, not an opinion
The number is produced by a fixed rule run over each operator’s own queue file: same inputs, same number, no human thumb on any queue. The rule for what counts as signed is published for each operator, in the operator’s own words. What moves the number is the queue, not us.
When we are wrong, the record shows it
When we find an error in a number or a label, we correct it in the open, date the correction and keep the original in the history. On Sept. 29, 2026, corrections to how we read four queues lowered the number, and the change is on the record with its size. A record you can trust has to include the misses.
Open method, one address
The full methodology is public and dated, so anyone can reproduce a number and see when it changed. One address handles every question and correction: contact@