{"id":256,"date":"2026-07-04T10:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T15:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betterseguin.org\/?p=256"},"modified":"2026-07-28T14:01:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T19:01:55","slug":"regulators-approve-plan-to-manage-large-load-requests-including-data-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betterseguin.org\/index.php\/regulators-approve-plan-to-manage-large-load-requests-including-data-centers\/data-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulators Approve Plan To Manage Large-Load Requests, Including Data Centers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/betterseguin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/StateRegulator_dataCenters-1024x576.png\" alt=\"A new\u00a0process has been approved by state regulators\u00a0to expedite the connection of multiple large electricity users to the Texas power grid, including data centers\" class=\"wp-image-372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/betterseguin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/StateRegulator_dataCenters-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/betterseguin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/StateRegulator_dataCenters-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/betterseguin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/StateRegulator_dataCenters-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/betterseguin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/StateRegulator_dataCenters-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/betterseguin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/StateRegulator_dataCenters-500x281.png 500w, https:\/\/betterseguin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/StateRegulator_dataCenters.png 1672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Hunter Burney &#8211; Texas Score Card<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A new&nbsp;process has been approved by state regulators&nbsp;to expedite the connection of multiple large electricity users to the Texas power grid, including data centers.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blast.texasscorecard.com\/t\/d-l-wotjyk-drbttktiy-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hunter Burney has the details<\/a>.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The plan from the Public Utility Commission and Electric Reliability Council of Texas&nbsp;is intended to streamline the processing of more than 438,000 megawatts of large-load requests\u2014nearly 89 percent of which are from data centers.&nbsp;As part of the new process, large users may be required to develop on-site self\u2011generation to supplement their power needs and must agree that ERCOT can limit their electricity use when transmission constraints arise.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The change follows reports that several large data centers recently failed reliability tests, raising concerns about their potential to destabilize the Texas grid. It also comes after Gov. Greg Abbott cautioned state regulators that data centers should pay their own infrastructure costs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Hunter Burney &#8211; Texas Score Card<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_regular_price":[],"currency_symbol":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-centers","category-news"],"post_slider_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","post_slider_layout_landscape_large":"","post_slider_layout_portrait_large":"","post_slider_layout_square_large":"","post_slider_layout_landscape":"","post_slider_layout_portrait":"","post_slider_layout_square":"","full":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betterseguin.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betterseguin.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betterseguin.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betterseguin.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betterseguin.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/betterseguin.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":373,"href":"https:\/\/betterseguin.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256\/revisions\/373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betterseguin.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betterseguin.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betterseguin.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}