Athens data center

Texas state legislation

• ApprovalPUCT Docket No. 59475 - Oncor/LCRA Bell County East Switch-Big Hill 765kV Transmission Lineinterchange.puc.texas.govDownloadFiled March 2026; 122 alternative routes, 835+ protests. Explicitly justified by data-center load concentration in the Temple/Bell/Williamson County corridor; an intervenor has questioned whether specific "Temple Data Centers" were properly included in the load forecast.
• ApprovalPUCT Docket No. 59142 - ERCOT Large Load Interconnection "Batch Zero" Processinterchange.puc.texas.govDownloadPUCT approved (~June 2026) ERCOT's one-time transitional study process for ≥75MW load interconnection requests; tied to Gov. Abbott's Aug 2026 directive pausing/auditing the queue. CenterPoint reported ~14GW of its own projects positioned in this batch.
• ApprovalPUCT Project No. 58481 - Large Load Interconnection Standards Rulemaking (PURA §37.0561)interchange.puc.texas.govDownloadStatewide rulemaking adopting 16 TAC §25.194, interconnection standards for new/expanding loads ≥75MW (data centers). Adopted 2026 with a flat $100k study fee, eliminated non-refundable interconnection fee.
• Community benefits agreementEconomic Development Program Agreement (Seafox) / Tax Abatement & Road Improvements Agreementsfas.orgDownloadMOU-based economic development program agreement (plus a Chapter 312 tax abatement agreement and a road-improvements development agreement) covering a data center project in El Paso.
• DocumentPUCT Docket No. 59399 - Comanche Peak Power Company Net Metering Application (Amazon)interchange.puc.texas.govDownloadPending as of mid-2026 -- test case for data center co-location against dispatchable (nuclear) generation. Amazon data center campus paired with the Comanche Peak nuclear plant, Somervell County.