Travis and Caldwell Counties Declare Screwworm Disasters Before Local Detections
Two Central Texas counties have issued local disaster declarations regarding the New World screwworm despite having no confirmed cases within their borders.
Two Central Texas counties have issued local disaster declarations regarding the New World screwworm despite having no confirmed cases within their borders.
A coalition of five Texas oil and gas industry associations issued a joint memorandum on June 10, 2026, to state leadership defending the necessity of a massive extra-high-voltage power grid expansion in West Texas, calling recent criticism of the project misleading.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) board of directors has approved a new data center rule that focuses on how these facilities behave once they are plugged into the state’s power grid.
Governor Greg Abbott directed the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to take immediate steps to protect residential electricity customers from the financial impacts of data center expansion in Texas.
The regulatory battle over Texas's extra-high-voltage grid expansion has taken a new procedural turn, as state regulators agreed to review a landowner complaint even while the evidentiary hearing moves ahead.
The New World screwworm outbreak in Texas widened as federal regulatory officials confirmed three additional cases far beyond the original South Texas containment zone and announced an escalated, multi-agency response.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) board of directors has endorsed a new large-load screening framework that is already reshaping which massive technology infrastructure projects will advance on the state's power grid.
The international fallout from recent New World screwworm detections in South Texas escalated as the Canadian government moved to restrict imports of Texas livestock, drawing sharp pushback from state officials.
The expansion of Texas's extra-high-voltage electrical grid faces a regulatory milestone this week as the state's administrative court prepares to review a major infrastructure proposal.
A proposal for two East Texas counties to jointly study the effects of solar farms, data centers, and high-capacity water wells failed on a tied vote in Smith County Commissioners Court on June 2.