Market August 11, 2026 Texas market

EIA cuts its 2027 Texas electricity load-growth forecast from 14% to 6%, naming the data center pause

The August Short-Term Energy Outlook lowers expected Texas electricity load growth in 2027 to 6%, from 14% in the previous edition, and the agency attributes the revision explicitly to the state's August 3 pause and review of data center projects advancing through interconnection.

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