Dan Patrick

April 9, 2026

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Nine Months to Shape the Rules Texas Is About to Write

Risk: behind-the-meter proliferation could trigger regulatory backlash if residential rate pressure intensifies, exactly the concern Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick flagged publicly.

March 31, 2026

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Texas's $25M Queue Fee Separates Serious Developers From Everyone Else

But Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has directed lawmakers to examine impacts on landowners, water, and community integrity, signaling the political window for frictionless approvals is narrowing.

March 30, 2026

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Texas Writes the Rules While Google Writes the Check

These moves land as Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has directed three separate Senate committee investigations into data center water use, electricity demand, and the fiscal cost of sales tax exemptions, signaling that Texas policymakers intend to shape the rules governing this buildout.

March 28, 2026

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Texas Built the Datacenter Boom. Now It's Auditing the Deal.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick directing senators to evaluate whether sales tax exemptions, water consumption, and transmission line regulations adequately protect Texans.

March 11, 2026

The resolution, sent to Governor Abbott, Lt. Gov. Patrick, the PUCT, ERCOT, and the Texas Water Development Board, follows a public hearing that drew roughly 90 residents and reflects a pattern now visible across Hood County, Somervell County, and Jack County simultaneously.