Add as a preferred source on GoogleTexas Regulator Says Filing System Is Temporarily Down for Data Center Review
The notice gives no shutdown or reopening date. Gov. Greg Abbott ordered a pause on related permits until ERCOT completes its review.
Texas’ environmental regulator has temporarily taken down its electronic reporting system while staff review data-center applications, adding a new development to a state permitting pause tied to grid reliability.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) says its State of Texas Environmental Electronic Reporting System (STEERS) is temporarily down while staff review applications related to data centers. The notice does not give a date for when the system went offline or when it will return.
On Sept. 21, Gov. Greg Abbott directed TCEQ to pause issuing permits related to data-center projects until the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) completes its review. The directive also told other state agencies to hold related approvals until requested information was available, including information sought by ERCOT, the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Texas Water Development Board.
The letter set Monday, Oct. 19, as the deadline for a compliance update, not as the end date for the permit pause.
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