Scope
The Public Utility Commission of Texas conducted a one-time Energy and Water Use survey (Project No. 59281) to be completed by a representative of any data center or virtual currency mining facility operating or planning to operate in Texas by 2030, to meet a legislative study requirement in the General Appropriations Act. The original response period ran from 2 April to 28 May 2026; the survey was reopened on 1 July 2026 with responses due by 10 July 2026.
- Geographic scope
- Texas
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Regulator or commission
- Issuing authority
- Public Utility Commission of Texas
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- 2 April 2026
- Scheduled expiration
- See completion condition
- Ended
- 10 July 2026
- Completion condition
- One-time survey. The reopened response window closed on 10 July 2026; that closing is the end recorded here, not the end of the commission's study.
- Source document
- The source page states no document date
- Last checked
- 23 September 2026 (earlier than tracker date 5 October 2026; not an automatic status change)
Summary
The Public Utility Commission of Texas ran a one-time Energy and Water Use survey of data centers and virtual currency mining facilities that operate, or plan to operate, in Texas by 2030, to fulfil a study requirement in the General Appropriations Act and inform the state water plan. Responses were collected from 2 April to 28 May 2026 and, after the survey was reopened at a House committee's direction, until 10 July 2026. The governor's 3 August 2026 letter cites incomplete compliance with this survey as a reason for the data-center audit.
What this does not establish
- The FAQ page shows no document date; the dates recorded are the response windows it states.
- Completed refers to the survey response window. The commission's analysis and any report using the data were not opened.
- Survey sign-up is not registration with the commission, as the FAQ states; this record is not a registration requirement.
- The governor's statement that some data centers did not comply is the governor's, recorded in the separate record tx-abbott-ercot-approval-pause-20260803; it is not a finding here about any operator.
Unresolved questions
- Whether the commission will reopen the survey again or publish results was not established.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- Related, not a replacement ERCOT approval pause pending audit (In effect)
Sources
https://www.puc.texas.gov/industry/water/utilities/energy-and-water-use-survey/faq/