July 8, 2026
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Ratepayers Come Off the Hook. Developers Underwrite the Wires Themselves.
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Bullard, TX
Bullard, Texas is a small city in Smith County in East Texas with limited documented role in the state's datacenter infrastructure development.
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The Permian Gets Texas's First 765 kV Backbone, and CREZ Wrote the Playbook
July 5, 2026
Self-Supply Is Now the Floor for Political Viability in TexasSpeaking 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
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.
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