The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) voted Tuesday to streamline its process for data centers looking to connect to the power grid. The new process for evaluating data centers aims to weed out more speculative projects that may never be built in Texas.
“That sequential evaluation of projects was growing untenable,” Bracewell’s Bryan Clark told Houston Public Media.
“There’s been a lot of time and effort by both ERCOT staff and stakeholders to solve an issue that is frankly critical for the Texas economy,” Clark said. “You’re going to have a more predictable system in which projects that can and will be built will be connected to the grid on a more rational basis,” Clark said.
