Entergy Texas Brings 1,215 MW Power Plant Online

Entergy Texas Brings 1,215 MW Power Plant Online

Raeylee Barefield
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October 15, 2026
Entergy Texas has placed its Orange County Advanced Power Station into service, adding 1,215 megawatts of generating capacity as electricity...
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Greg Abbott Announces Texas Energy Fund Loan for 452 MW West Texas Power Plant

Greg Abbott Announces Texas Energy Fund Loan for 452 MW West Texas Power Plant

Raeylee Barefield
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October 8, 2026
Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced the ninth Texas Energy Fund loan for a 452-megawatt natural gas power plant in Reeves...
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Sid Miller Blasts Abbott's Data Center Crackdown as 'Smoke and Mirrors'

Sid Miller Blasts Abbott's Data Center Crackdown as 'Smoke and Mirrors'

Raeylee Barefield
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September 30, 2026
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller (R) is criticizing Gov. Greg Abbott's response to the state's data center boom, calling the...
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Xcel Proposes Texas Tariff to Make Data Centers Pay Grid Costs

Xcel Proposes Texas Tariff to Make Data Centers Pay Grid Costs

Raeylee Barefield
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September 29, 2026
Xcel Energy has asked the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) to approve a new large-load tariff to ensure that...
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Houston Battery Project Begins Operations as ERCOT Demands Hit Records

Houston Battery Project Begins Operations as ERCOT Demands Hit Records

Raeylee Barefield
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September 11, 2026
SMT Energy and FlexGen have begun operations at a 160MW/MWh battery storage facility in Houston as Texas' power grid faces...
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Donald Trump Calls Texas Data Center Restrictions a 'Mistake' as Greg Abbott Audits Projects

Donald Trump Calls Texas Data Center Restrictions a 'Mistake' as Greg Abbott Audits Projects

Raeylee Barefield
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August 10, 2026
President Donald Trump (R) criticized Texas' growing scrutiny of data center development, calling opposition to the projects a "mistake" as...
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Greg Abbott Orders Audit of Data Centers Before Grid Connections

Greg Abbott Orders Audit of Data Centers Before Grid Connections

Raeylee Barefield
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August 4, 2026
Governor Greg Abbott (R) has ordered a comprehensive audit of data center projects seeking to connect to the Texas power...
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Solar Energy Produces More Electricity Than Coal For First Time

Solar Energy Produces More Electricity Than Coal For First Time

Ashley Paredes
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June 11, 2026
A new report from Ember showed that the amount of electricity generated through solar power surpassed coal for the first...
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Greg Abbott Celebrates Opening of The Pin Oak Power Plant

Greg Abbott Celebrates Opening of The Pin Oak Power Plant

Raeylee Barefield
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May 6, 2026
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) announced the opening of the Constellation Pin Oak peaking power plant, a new energy facility...
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