Somervell County, located in Central Texas, is home to the Somervell County Generating Station, a natural gas-fired power plant that supports the region's electricity infrastructure.
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225 Interconnection Requests, One Filter: ERCOT Sorts Real From Paper
A February 23 protest at the Capitol led by Somervell County Commissioner Chip Joslin demanded local regulatory authority, and the Republican Party of Texas added anti-data center language to its platform.
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.
early reports suggest Amazon is advancing an 18-building campus beside Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant in Somervell County and a 21-building, 1,265-acre Project Spectrum in Hood County powered by Vistra subsidiary Luminant.