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Texas takes new steps to keep data center costs off residents' electric bills
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Fusion42 · 24 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Texas regulators announce new screening and cost-allocation rules for data center grid connections, including requirements for facilities to reduce power on demand and potential registration mandates, aiming to prevent infrastructure costs from shifting to residential ratepayers.
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If you're building or expanding a data center in Texas, your grid connection just got harder to obtain and more expensive to operate. You now face real-time demand response mandates and will pay directly for infrastructure you use instead of spreading those costs across the grid—and the next legislative session will likely impose state registration and stricter reliability rules.
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