{"market_id":"kuwait","generated_at":"June 2026","schema_version":"1.0","claim_count":4,"claims":[{"claim_id":"pgiq:claim:kuwait:pgiq_tier:june-2026","claim_type":"opinion","status":"active","subject":{"market_id":"kuwait","geography_id":"pgiq:geo:kuwait"},"predicate":"pgiq_tier","value":{"base":3,"label":"Workable"},"unit":null,"definition":"PGIQ tier for siting a large new electricity load; a directional screen, not a connection guarantee","project_archetype":null,"as_of":"June 2026","valid_for":{"start":"June 2026","end":null},"method":"expert_judgment","method_source_label":null,"confidence":{"source_quality":"n/a (opinion)","coverage":"all rated markets","model_uncertainty":"n/a","opinion_confidence":"Low"},"sources":[{"publisher":"PGIQ methodology","title":"PGIQ methodology","url":"https://powergridiq.com/methodology","published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"June 2026","locator":"tier definitions","quote_or_field":null,"license":"public source, cited under fair use","redistribution_rights":"link and quote with attribution; no bulk redistribution"}],"transform":null,"contradictions":[],"supersedes":null,"note":"Among the cheapest power anywhere, but a very dirty grid and almost no data-center momentum.","schema_version":"1.0","methodology_version":"pgiq-rating-v2","definition_version":"carbon_scope@1.0;connection_process@1.0;cost_archetype@1.0;evidence_tiers@1.0;reliability_layers@1.0","content_hash":"sha256:5fa0740e269bddc36d1548c5adc5e7c89183542484a1c510e775ff809509903d"},{"claim_id":"pgiq:claim:kuwait:administered_large_user_tariff:june-2026","claim_type":"fact","status":"active","subject":{"market_id":"kuwait","geography_id":"pgiq:geo:kuwait"},"predicate":"administered_large_user_tariff","value":{"base":15,"native":"about 5 fils per kWh"},"unit":"USD/MWh","definition":"regulated large-user industrial tariff, the price a large load actually pays where no competitive wholesale market exists. A published rate, not an all-in build-up: it may exclude network or delivery components billed separately.","project_archetype":null,"as_of":"June 2026","valid_for":{"start":"June 2026","end":null},"method":"measured","method_source_label":null,"confidence":{"source_quality":"regulator or utility tariff sheet","coverage":"year 2025","model_uncertainty":"rate, not a modelled band","opinion_confidence":"n/a"},"sources":[{"publisher":"Kuwait Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy","title":"Kuwait Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy","url":"https://www.mew.gov.kw/","published_at":"2025","retrieved_at":"June 2026","locator":"tariff schedule","quote_or_field":null,"license":"public source, cited under fair use","redistribution_rights":"link and quote with attribution; no bulk redistribution"}],"transform":null,"contradictions":[],"supersedes":null,"note":"Kuwait has no competitive wholesale market. A large load pays a heavily subsidized administered tariff, on the order of a few fils per kWh (roughly 1.5 US cents). The subsidy, not a market, sets the price, so the delivered cost is very low but at the sovereign's discretion.","schema_version":"1.0","methodology_version":"pgiq-rating-v2","definition_version":"carbon_scope@1.0;connection_process@1.0;cost_archetype@1.0;evidence_tiers@1.0;reliability_layers@1.0","content_hash":"sha256:d46be285da11d59ad2b42d6cc06c5ce85bb8aae5d7e36957d0ddf17e73b6ebd8"},{"claim_id":"pgiq:claim:kuwait:forward_adequacy:june-2026","claim_type":"estimate","status":"active","subject":{"market_id":"kuwait","geography_id":"pgiq:geo:kuwait"},"predicate":"forward_adequacy","value":{"base":"watch","label":"Adequacy flagged"},"unit":null,"definition":"forward firm-supply adequacy for a prospective large new load; level vocabulary none|watch|elevated|severe","project_archetype":null,"as_of":"June 2026","valid_for":{"start":"June 2026","end":null},"method":"modelled","method_source_label":null,"confidence":{"source_quality":"modelled read","coverage":"market-level","model_uncertainty":"not site-specific","opinion_confidence":"n/a"},"sources":[{"publisher":"PGIQ methodology","title":"PGIQ methodology","url":"https://powergridiq.com/methodology","published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"June 2026","locator":"reliability overlay","quote_or_field":null,"license":"public source, cited under fair use","redistribution_rights":"link and quote with attribution; no bulk redistribution"}],"transform":null,"contradictions":[],"supersedes":null,"note":"Modelled read: summer peak stress under extreme heat.","schema_version":"1.0","methodology_version":"pgiq-rating-v2","definition_version":"carbon_scope@1.0;connection_process@1.0;cost_archetype@1.0;evidence_tiers@1.0;reliability_layers@1.0","content_hash":"sha256:60ee823b6d82ca7288d66afbcbce60e6298d22334ecc6d69ca1a99ba1616f172"},{"claim_id":"pgiq:claim:kuwait:average_operational_carbon_intensity:june-2026","claim_type":"estimate","status":"active","subject":{"market_id":"kuwait","geography_id":"pgiq:geo:kuwait"},"predicate":"average_operational_carbon_intensity","value":{"base":690},"unit":"gCO2eq/kWh","definition":"Estimated average operational grid emissions intensity in gCO2e per kWh, for a declared geography, period and system boundary, using direct operational emission factors. The generation-versus-consumption basis, imports, delivery losses, temporal granularity, factor set, factor vintage and uncertainty are disclosed or marked unknown. Permitted for location-based grid comparison only. It is not a marginal-emissions estimate, a lifecycle assessment, a procurement claim, or by itself a market-based Scope 2 result.","project_archetype":null,"as_of":"June 2026","valid_for":{"start":"June 2026","end":null},"method":"modelled","method_source_label":null,"confidence":{"source_quality":"stated generation mix","coverage":"market-level annual average","model_uncertainty":"average, not marginal or lifecycle","opinion_confidence":"n/a"},"sources":[{"publisher":"PGIQ methodology","title":"PGIQ methodology","url":"https://powergridiq.com/methodology","published_at":null,"retrieved_at":"June 2026","locator":"carbon basis","quote_or_field":null,"license":"public source, cited under fair use","redistribution_rights":"link and quote with attribution; no bulk redistribution"}],"transform":null,"contradictions":[],"supersedes":null,"note":"Average operational intensity from the stated generation mix. Not marginal, lifecycle or market-based Scope 2.","schema_version":"1.0","methodology_version":"pgiq-rating-v2","definition_version":"carbon_scope@1.0;connection_process@1.0;cost_archetype@1.0;evidence_tiers@1.0;reliability_layers@1.0","content_hash":"sha256:c51143014a107d46c38bc0900a8f768a1bb6cbd1d105ed497d665bfaaabeccb3"}],"gaps":[{"predicate":"recurring_power_cost","requires":"recurring cost for the declared archetype","state":"not_assessed","reason":"no compiled cost band for this market yet (check administered_large_user_tariff: where a regulated tariff exists it is the price actually paid)","blocks_project_case":true},{"predicate":"connection_wait","requires":"time from a complete application being accepted to full firm energization of the nominated MW; initial, phased, temporary and conditional energization are separate milestones","state":"not_assessed","reason":"no countable queue or operator-published process for this market","blocks_project_case":true},{"predicate":"delivery_reliability_saidi","requires":"measured regulator outage record","state":"not_assessed","reason":"no regulator outage series compiled for this market yet","blocks_project_case":true},{"predicate":"regulatory_momentum","requires":"direction and steadiness of connection rules","state":"not_assessed","reason":"no dated regulatory read compiled for this market yet","blocks_project_case":false},{"predicate":"local_deliverability","requires":"capacity at the substation you would connect to","state":"not_assessed","reason":"no operator publication of area or substation capacity found for this market","blocks_project_case":true}],"note":"A gap is not evidence that the risk is absent. It means we have not assessed it."}