Brenda Barrett

Texas presently sits at the center of the U.S. energy‑and‑digital‑infrastructure boom. As hyperscalers, AI platforms, crypto-currency miners, and cloud providers accelerate their build‑out of data‑center campuses, the demand for power in the Lone Star State has never been higher. In this high-demand environment, renewable energy asset developers and operators are engaging in discussions with load-intensive facilities like data centers for the co-location of their projects.

The Texas legislature concluded its 89th Regular Session on June 2, 2025. During the session, the energy industry paid significant attention to legislative actions impacting the power industry in the areas of grid management, reliability, power generation and resource development. The state is seeing a soaring demand for power in the state, in part due to the substantial growth in the development of large load projects.

After the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term, few areas of government have avoided disruption or controversy, and the regulation of credit unions—normally a quiet corner within the federal bureaucracy—has been no exception.