The Texas power grid isn’t as big of an issue as it was the last two sessions, but the Texas Senate still has something up its sleeve in dealing with the influx of large loads like data centers and cryptocurrency miners.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) estimates its electricity load will grow to 150,000 megawatts (MW) by 2030 — a 40,000-MW jump from the estimate issued in 2023, due substantially to expected growth in the state’s data center and cryptominer footprint.
