Questions
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ERCOT operates the grid covering most of Texas, and it is not synchronously connected to the rest of the country. The Panhandle, El Paso, and part of East Texas sit outside it. Whether your ground is inside or outside changes who must approve a connection, how long that takes, and which rules apply. It is the first thing we establish about any Texas property.
In deregulated parts of Texas the company that owns the poles and lines serving you is fixed by geography, while the retailer you pay is one you chose. Oncor, CenterPoint, AEP Texas, and Texas-New Mexico Power are wires companies. For a project like this the wires company is what matters, because it owns the connection. If you are on a cooperative or a municipal utility, that distinction does not apply to you.
There is no fixed answer, and anybody offering one without seeing your ground is guessing. Whether the acreage is contiguous, and what runs near it electrically, matters far more than the total. Smaller places beside real capacity beat larger ones that are miles from anything.
Not automatically, and sometimes the opposite, since existing energy infrastructure often means transmission is already nearby. What it does mean is that the existing agreements have to be read carefully and early. Tell us about them at the start rather than letting them surface later.
Do not sign, and do not be hurried by a deadline in the letter. Establish who they are and whether they are buying for themselves or for a party they have not named. Have an attorney read it before you agree to anything. That applies just as much to a letter from us as from anyone else.
No. It applies to equipment a qualifying data center operator buys, not to your land or your sale. It is relevant only because it helps explain why developers look at Texas, and because its thresholds push interest towards larger properties.
It is a 2025 law changing how large electrical loads connect inside ERCOT, including requirements that new large facilities be capable of being curtailed or disconnected remotely during a grid emergency. It applies to the operator rather than to you, but it affects what developers are willing to build and where, which reaches your ground indirectly.
Often nothing. Many arrangements involve a portion of a property while the remainder carries on grazing or cropping as before. It is a reasonable thing to ask about in the first conversation, and we would rather you did.
Tell us about your property. There is no cost and no obligation. If it does not fit, we will tell you plainly.
These take about two minutes. Skip anything you do not know. Guessing is fine.
Thank you. We will review the property and come back to you with a plain answer either way, including if it does not fit.