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Data-Center Growth adds to the Permian 765-kV Fight as Texas Regulators Near Decisions

As the Public Utility Commission of Texas approaches a cluster of routing decisions on the state's first 765-kilovolt transmission lines, the fight increasingly turns on a single question: whether the demand forecast for West Texas — driven largely by oil-and-gas electrification in the Permian Basin and, increasingly, by data centers — justifies stringing ultra-high-voltage lines across ranchland.

The Texas Dispatch · Jul 14, 2026