Thomas Gleeson

August 15, 2026

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County Judge Philip Spenrath's NDA Hardens Opposition on Amazon's 3,000 Acres

August 10, 2026

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Trump Split With Gov. Abbott Just Compressed Every Operator's Audit Timeline

August 5, 2026

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One Keller Comment Filing Shows How the Statewide Audit Reaches Each Project

July 29, 2026

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AMD's 15-Year Lease Only Pays Off If West Texas Transmission Lands on Time

July 9, 2026

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89% of New Power Requests Are Datacenters. Abbott Wants Guardrails.

July 6, 2026

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The April Deadline Beats the Rulebook by Three Years

July 4, 2026

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Abbott Hardens His Terms. The 2027 Legislature Holds the Pen.

June 18, 2026

Governor Abbott's June 10 letter asked PUCT chairman Thomas Gleeson and ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas to propose rules shielding residential customers from data center-driven bills.

June 16, 2026

In a letter to PUC Chairman Thomas Gleeson and ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas, Abbott directed datacenters to fund 100% of their own electric infrastructure costs and structured interconnections so residential bills decline.

June 13, 2026

PUCT Chairman Thomas Gleeson backed the move.

May 20, 2026

PUC Chair Thomas Gleeson told lawmakers the state lacks a "clear picture."

April 14, 2026

PUC Chair Thomas Gleeson committed to investigating.

April 13, 2026

PUC Chair Thomas Gleeson committed to investigating.

April 12, 2026

PUC Chair Thomas Gleeson said generation-side price increases are unlikely given Texas's renewable and battery buildout, but flagged the state's multibillion-dollar transmission overhaul as a potential cost pressure.

April 11, 2026

PUC Chairman Thomas Gleeson cautioned that current consumption data lacks rigor, setting up a measurement fight that will shape regulatory expectations well before the 2027 legislative session.

April 10, 2026

PUC Chair Thomas Gleeson signaled rebalancing is coming.

April 9, 2026

PUC Chairman Thomas Gleeson is proposing non-refundable application fees to flush speculative projects, while ERCOT will shift to batch processing because individual review of 410 GW is operationally impossible.

February 17, 2026

PUC Chair Thomas Gleeson told an Austin conference: "I don't know if we're going to have enough wind, solar and storage for the 200, 300 gigawatts of load that are coming."