Bullard, TX

July 8, 2026

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Ratepayers Come Off the Hook. Developers Underwrite the Wires Themselves.

In campaign remarks at Bullard on June 30, Abbott sharpened the ask: prohibit AI data centers in rural neighborhoods, end the sales tax exemption, mandate closed-loop cooling, and require annual electricity and water reporting to the PUC.

July 7, 2026

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The Permian Gets Texas's First 765 kV Backbone, and CREZ Wrote the Playbook

His campaign remarks in Bullard demanded facilities "bring their own money, bring their own power, reuse their own water," plus repeal of the 2013 sales-tax exemption he expanded via HB 2712 in 2015.

July 5, 2026

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

Speaking in Bullard this week, Abbott set three conditions for any project that proceeds: bring your own capital, your own power, and your own water, plus demonstrate lower electricity costs for Texas residents.

July 3, 2026

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Shared Interconnection Buys Speed. Disciplined Developers Already Underwrite the Curtailment.

Campaigning in Bullard (population 5,500), Governor Abbott called for restricting new rural data centers, but his actual framework is three mandates: contribute power generation to ERCOT's grid, run closed-loop water systems, and lose access to certain state incentives.