The Public Utility Commission of Texas approved a plan to run a 180-megawatt data center directly off a Pecos County solar farm on Oct. 15, overruling the local wires utility, which had argued the grid study behind the deal was out of date and that the risk would land on its other customers.
Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) Commissioner Wayne Christian praised a federal announcement that the Trump administration will invoke the Defense Production Act to expand the Delek US Holdings Inc. refinery in Tyler, according to an Oct. 14 agency news release.
Gov. Greg Abbott highlighted Texas’ energy leadership and economy during a fireside chat at the University Lands Energy Forum in Odessa, according to an Oct. 13 news release from the governor’s office.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas meets Oct. 15 on three applications to wire very large electricity customers straight into a single power plant, so that the plant's output is netted against what the customer draws.
The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) issued a total of 759 original drilling permits in September 2026, the agency said in an Oct. 12 news release.
Any company that wants to plug a data center or other very large power user into the Texas grid must now put down $100,000 for a study and post $50,000 for every megawatt it requests, under a Public Utility Commission rule that took effect Oct. 8.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced the ninth Texas Energy Fund loan, for a natural gas power plant of more than 450 megawatts in Reeves County, according to an Oct. 7 news release from the governor’s office.
The Railroad Commission of Texas assessed $1,245,802 in enforcement docket fines against operators and businesses at the commissioners’ open meeting on Tuesday, the agency said in an Oct. 7 news release.
The Railroad Commission of Texas plugged 2,022 orphaned wells during fiscal year 2026, surpassing the Texas Legislature's performance measure by 300 wells, or 18.9 percent, according to a Sept. 30 news release from the agency.
The Railroad Commission of Texas will take up Oct. 6 whether the rate Energy Transfer charges to move gas on its new Permian-to-Dallas pipeline is reasonable.