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TX-HB4290 — Relating to a qualifying cogenerator that serves a large load and a colocated desalination facility.

Tracked record titled “Relating to a qualifying cogenerator that serves a large load and a colocated desalination facility..” Latest source-reported action: 05/06/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionTexasState-source record
Latest recorded action2025-05-0605/06/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

What the evidence says

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How it operates

Disclosure & reporting · Grid & interconnection

Forces a data center’s energy, water, and impact data into public view, so regulators, ratepayers, and communities can see figures operators would otherwise keep private. Determines whether and how fast a data center can actually get power, and who builds and pays for the transmission upgrades.

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Issues named in the record

Energy

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TX-HB4290 evidence graph

Relating to a qualifying cogenerator that serves a large load and a colocated desalination facility.

14 nodes · 13 evidenced edges
Policy record 1Policy theme 4Policy mechanism 2Documented actor 4Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textapplies in: Jurisdiction recorded for this source typedocumented by: Original source URL stored with the policy recordsponsored: Named sponsor in the tracked public recordsponsored: Named sponsor in the tracked public recordsponsored: Named sponsor in the tracked public recordsponsored: Named sponsor in the tracked public recordmember of family: exact title companionPolicy recordTX-HB4290Relating to a qualifying co…TX-HB4290: Relating to a qualifying cogenerator that serves a large load and a colocated desalination facility.Policy themeEnergyExplicit record textEnergy: Explicit record textPolicy themeGrid ReliabilityAI-assisted policy themeGrid Reliability: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeSiting & Land UseAI-assisted policy themeSiting & Land Use: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeWaterAI-assisted policy themeWater: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismDisclosure & reportingText-derived policy signalDisclosure & reporting: Text-derived policy signalPolicy mechanismGrid & interconnectionText-derived policy signalGrid & interconnection: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionTexasState policy jurisdictionTexas: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorDarbypersonDarby: personDocumented actorLandgrafpersonLandgraf: personDocumented actorAnch?apersonAnch?a: personDocumented actorCraddickpersonCraddick: personPolicy familyRelating to a qualifyi…TXRelating to a qualifying cogenerator that serves a large load and a colocated desalination facility.: TX

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