TCEQ

April 15, 2026

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Build Your Own Power Plant or Lose Your Place in Line

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

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When Military Strikes Take Down Cloud Regions, Location Becomes Strategy

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

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When Drones Target Power Lines, the Perimeter Is Everywhere

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

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Communities Aren't Anti-Datacenter. They're Anti-Surprise.

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

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50 GW of AI Capacity Is About to Face Generator-Level Oversight

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

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Texas Captures 30% of AI Power Demand Before the Rules Are Written

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.