El Paso Electric

July 6, 2026

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The April Deadline Beats the Rulebook by Three Years

El Paso Electric's proposed $500 million plant for Meta's 1 GW, 11-building complex faces objections at the PUCT from the City of El Paso, the Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, and Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid.

July 5, 2026

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Self-Supply Is Now the Floor for Political Viability in Texas

Developers who've already secured unincorporated parcels with documented water offsets and dedicated generation hold an edge, but the retroactivity question hangs over projects like Meta's expanding El Paso complex, now 11 buildings and $10 billion, where El Paso Electric's $500 million plant faces PUCT intervention from the City of El Paso, the Office of Public Utility Counsel, and Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid.

June 10, 2026

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418 GW Knock on Texas Doors. Behind-the-Meter Builders Skip the Line.

Meta's $10 billion El Paso campus is the template: closed-loop liquid cooling, a 200% restoration pledge funding 177 million gallons annually through farmer irrigation upgrades, pecan micro-irrigation, and DigDeep colonia partnerships, plus an El Paso Electric agreement absorbing all serving costs.

May 20, 2026

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Water Plan Skips the 400 GW Queue. Smart Developers Won't.

Meanwhile, El Paso Electric filed a "High Load Factor Large Power" tariff at the PUCT to keep residential and small-business customers from subsidizing 1-2 GW of incoming hyperscaler load.

May 8, 2026

At Fort Bliss, Carlyle's proposed 3 GW campus hasn't yet decided between El Paso Electric capacity and behind-the-meter generation.

May 5, 2026

Meta is paying El Paso Electric $500 million to build a 366 MW gas plant adjacent to its Northeast El Paso campus.

May 2, 2026

The Army's proposed 3-gigawatt Fort Bliss data center, with Carlyle Group as builder-operator, would draw more electricity than El Paso Electric's entire 460,000-customer base.

May 1, 2026

The Army hasn't formally requested service from El Paso Electric, hasn't decided whether to grid-connect at all, and El Paso Water has only "preliminary information" on sourcing.

April 21, 2026

CBRE's Chris Herrmann says gas pipeline proximity flipped from dealbreaker to prerequisite in Dallas site selection, and Meta's $10B El Paso campus is funding a $473 million, 366 MW El Paso Electric gas plant at McCloud to self-supply.

April 4, 2026

In Texas, El Paso Electric abandoned solar plans and is building a natural gas plant within one year to serve Meta's $10 billion campus, compressing what normally takes years.

March 30, 2026

El Paso Electric's PUC filings reveal a $473 million gas-fired power plant whose costs will eventually shift to all ratepayers after a one-to-five-year bridge period where Meta covers delivery costs.

March 27, 2026

El Paso Electric will construct a $500 million, 366-megawatt natural gas plant next door, paid entirely by Meta, to serve initial load.