The Public Utility Commission of Texas adopted softer data-center interconnection rules, removing a proposed nonrefundable fee and extending energization deadlines.

Utility Dive reports that the Public Utility Commission of Texas adopted data-center interconnection rules that were less restrictive than the standards it proposed in March. The changes included eliminating a proposed nonrefundable interconnection fee and extending energization milestone deadlines.

The report concerns adopted rules, not merely another consultation proposal. However, its supplied excerpt does not give the eliminated fee’s amount, the previous or revised deadlines, or project-size thresholds.

This is a separate regulatory action from the TCEQ permitting pause described above: one concerns electricity interconnection rules, while the other concerns environmental-agency permits pending audits. The supplied sources do not explain how those two processes interact for individual projects.