Coverage of what Texas growth runs on -- the ERCOT grid and new generation, transmission lines, data centers and the demand they bring, and the water supply, reservoirs and groundwater a growing state depends on.
Corpus Christi voters on Nov. 3 approved a charter amendment that ends the city's practice of exempting its biggest industrial water users from drought surcharges, according to the Nueces County elections office's unofficial count.
Treated oilfield wastewater can be spread across Texas farmland under rules the state’s environmental regulators adopted Nov. 4 — and on the question a neighbor is most likely to ask, how close it may come to a drinking water well, the rule gives two answers that do not match.
The Texas Water Development Board launched a statewide public awareness campaign aimed at helping Texans better understand where their water comes from, how much water their communities will need in the future, and the infrastructure required to maintain long-term water security.
As the notice dispute over the central Permian Basin Reliability Plan line draws attention to Bell County, the westernmost leg of the same 765-kilovolt corridor is moving toward its own decision point.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced more than $8.8 million in Texas Energy Fund grants on June 26 to bolster electric reliability for members of Lamb County Electric Cooperative, Inc. in the South Plains, funding a package of four projects ranging from transmission line replacement to expanded transformer capacity.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Coastal Fisheries Division marked the 20th anniversary of its Groundwater to the Gulf program this year, bringing 30 educators from Austin to the Texas coast for a hands-on institute on water science.
A new statewide survey finds that a majority of Texas voters do not want a data center built in their own community, a result that lands as the state races to become the country's largest market for the AI and crypto facilities.
Governor Greg Abbott announced the approval of the eighth loan agreement under the Texas Energy Fund (TxEF), greenlighting an infrastructure project designed to bring 860 megawatts (MW) of new, reliable dispatchable power to West Texas.
Administrative law judges overseeing a central segment of the state’s Permian Basin Reliability Plan have ruled that their upcoming routing recommendation will not determine whether the transmission line is actually necessary.
Texas is preparing to spend up to $20 billion on water over the next two decades.
In much of Texas, a data center can sink a well and pump as much groundwater as it wants, and no state agency is empowered to stop it.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT), alongside its partner regulatory agencies, has finalized updates to the Texas Electricity Supply Chain Map to strengthen state preparedness ahead of the upcoming hurricane season.
Organizers in Northeast El Paso have filed a formal notice to recall City Representative Cynthia Boyar Trejo.
The Fort Worth City Council is scheduled to take final rezoning votes on a proposed $10 billion data center campus on June 23, 2026.