Texas Governor
Energy costs & the grid
Electricity bills, data-center load, ERCOT reliability, and who pays for new infrastructure.
Why it matters: After Winter Storm Uri and rapid data-center growth, power bills and reliability remain front-page issues.
Continuum: Open municipal monopolies to competition; industry growth first (−2) ↔ Freeze residential rates; make large users pay their way (+2)
Greg Abbott
RepublicanCoded position: -1
Supports retail competition against municipal utility monopolies to lower bills; more recently paused new data-center grid connections pending audit and backs requiring data centers to fund their own infrastructure.
Gina Hinojosa
DemocratCoded position: 2
Would direct the PUC to freeze residential rates until large users like data centers pay their own infrastructure costs; criticizes Uri-era gas company windfalls and consumer bill impacts.