TCEQ

September 26, 2026

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Google Puts BESS and LVDC on Record as the Gigawatt Campus Standard

September 25, 2026

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Oct. 14 TWDB Deadline Now Carries Class C Exposure in 18 Counties

September 23, 2026

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Vistra's 5% Stake and 207 MW Firm PPA Open New Era's 1.4 GW Midland Path

September 22, 2026

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Gov. Abbott Ties Noncompliance to Denial of Grid Connection

September 19, 2026

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PUCT Locks $50K/MW Study Bond Into 16 TAC 25.194, Effective Oct 8

September 16, 2026

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DataBank CEO: Opposition Is Election-Tier as 24-Mo Texas Deals Still Ship

September 3, 2026

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Prosper Zoning Blocks White Rose's $580M on 1,600 Precinct Votes

September 2, 2026

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Fermi Cleared 6 GW Air in 205 Days; Denied ROW Still Cuts Jupiter's 2.45 GW

August 22, 2026

TCEQ holds EPA primacy to permit treated produced-water discharges and has accepted river-discharge applications since 2024 without issuing one yet.

August 21, 2026

TCEQ deputy water-quality director Robert Sadlier told the House panel TCEQ doesn't require water-consumption disclosure on datacenter permit applications.

August 10, 2026

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued a permit allowing GW Ranch to emit up to 33 million tons of CO2 annually.

July 31, 2026

Crusoe is doing the same in Armstrong County, committing $1 billion for two 805,000-square-foot halls at its Goodnight campus, with TCEQ air-emissions permits filed for on-site generation and a first-phase draw of up to 530 MW.

July 25, 2026

For Texas, that would hand TCEQ authority to rewrite public participation procedures; written comments run through August 21.

July 12, 2026

38 data centers have secured lower-tier air permits from the TCEQ for onsite generation since 2024, collectively authorizing more than 2,100 backup diesel generators statewide without triggering mandatory public comment.

July 10, 2026

Meanwhile TCEQ is reviewing Vantage's Federal Operating Permit for 32 diesel generators at Westover Hills, and WIRED documented how Stargate's 360 MW Abilene gas plant secured minor permits with minimal review.

July 9, 2026

At least 15 gas plants tied to data centers are planned statewide, permitted through TCEQ.

July 6, 2026

TCEQ handles air permits and behind-the-meter generation skips ERCOT approval, but rural counties unused to industrial emissions are pushing back.

June 13, 2026

TCEQ hasn't finalized a permit pathway for treated produced water classification, which is the constraint and the opening.

June 6, 2026

Meanwhile, Meitner's air-cooling holds water use to domestic levels, CoolIT's validated 15 kW coldplate makes 45°C warm-water cooling viable across multiple AI generations, and JD Supra flags U.S. datacenter water use rising 170% by 2030 with TCEQ-and-water-district reuse rules varying county to county.

May 22, 2026

In Fort Worth, Black Mountain bought 2,000+ acres in Parker County and secured TCEQ approval for five gas turbines after Weatherford's council declined to add data centers to its zoning code.

April 23, 2026

The resolutions went to Governor Abbott, Lt. Gov. Patrick, Sen. Perry, Rep. Darby, the PUC, TCEQ, ERCOT, and the Texas Water Development Board.

April 15, 2026

Risk: developers who don't proactively address water consumption and reporting will face permitting delays and political backlash as TCEQ and the Texas Legislature engage HARC's findings.

April 6, 2026

In Granbury, Hood County residents face a Tuesday public hearing on Bilateral Energy's 2,100-acre data center power plant, where TCEQ already approved air permits for eight simple-cycle turbines and 87 linear generators.

March 26, 2026

Fermi America secured final TCEQ approval for Project Matador near Amarillo, the agency's second-largest clean air permit authorizing 23.5 million tons of annual greenhouse gas emissions for the proposed 11 GW, 6,000-acre campus.

March 19, 2026

Fermi America plans to file a second 5 GW clean air permit with TCEQ for Project Matador near Amarillo, scaling the campus to roughly 17 GW total: 11 GW natural gas, 4.4 GW nuclear, plus solar and battery.

March 18, 2026

Kerwin called for mandatory public notice through TCEQ and PUC, plus an executive working group on water standards and ERCOT interconnection impacts.

March 14, 2026

The rejection is symbolic, not regulatory. Nightpeak can proceed without county incentives; the real choke points are interconnection queue status, TCEQ air quality permits, and water rights applications.

February 28, 2026

The transaction structure raises questions: the land is owned by Fort Worth-based Black Mountain, an energy conglomerate, and state records show "Fort Worth Power Core" (sharing Black Mountain's office address) holds active TCEQ air quality permits for the project across 10 counties.

February 26, 2026

TCEQ approved air quality permits for Fermi America's proposed datacenter power plant in Amarillo, denying contested case hearing requests from the Panhandle First Coalition on procedural standing grounds.

February 23, 2026

TCEQ is processing permits for gas projects up to 500 MW within a month, a velocity that raises questions about whether adequate review is occurring.

February 14, 2026

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) issued the country's largest air pollution permit to Pacifico Energy's 7.65 GW GW Ranch complex in Pecos County, authorizing up to 33 million tons per year of greenhouse gases, roughly 5% of Canada's total annual emissions.

February 12, 2026

The specific agency has not been confirmed, but likely candidates include the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or the Texas Water Development Board.