The directive was issued amid extraordinary queue pressure. Gov. Abbott’s letter cites approximately 474 GW of pending requests to connect to the ERCOT grid, more than five times the record peak deman...
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Texas Data Center Interconnections Face New Audit Gate After Governor Abbott Directive (UPDATE)

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