Reeves County Emergency Services District No. 2 takes up a Chapter 312 abatement for a gas plant built to run data centers
A small emergency services district in Pecos noticed a public hearing to accept a tax abatement application from Energy Forge One LLC under Chapter 312 of the Texas Tax Code. The application concerns a new gas turbine power generation facility inside the Energy Forge One Reinvestment Zone. That zone was established on November 24th, 2025. The notice describes the plant as producing dedicated power for prospective data center end users. It puts the estimated project cost at $6 billion. The hearing was set for 5.30 in the afternoon on March 25th, 2026 at the district's administrative office in Pecos. All interested persons were free to appear and present testimony. The outcome of that hearing has not been confirmed from district minutes.
How to take part
The notice states that all interested persons may appear and present testimony and evidence on the abatement application at the district's administrative office, 2269 Ocotillo Drive, Pecos, Texas 79772. ESD No. 2 meets at 5.30 in the afternoon on the third Tuesday of the month at that address. The district lists a phone number and an email on its meetings page.
Where
1 county. In Town of Pecos.
Timeline
- ordered
Energy Forge One Reinvestment Zone established, per the district's notice
- hearing
Public hearing to consider the reinvestment zone and accept the Chapter 312 tax abatement application
- Today
How this decision moved
One dated line per check, oldest first. A line that says nothing changed means somebody looked and it had not.
- 2026-08-19
Checked and unchanged. The notice still sets the hearing for March 25th at 5:30 p.m. at the district office in Pecos and still puts the project cost at 6 billion dollars.
- 2026-08-22
Checked and unchanged. The district's notice still sets the hearing for March 25th, 2026 on the Energy Forge One reinvestment zone and the Chapter 312 abatement application. It still puts the estimated project cost at 6 billion dollars.
- 2026-08-25
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-08-26
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-08-29
Checked and unchanged. The district's notice to take up the abatement application still stands and no action on the application is recorded. The reinvestment zone the plant would sit in is unchanged.
- 2026-09-01
The Reeves County emergency-services district still has the data-center power-plant abatement before it.
- 2026-09-02
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-09-05
The Reeves County district still has the abatement for the gas plant in front of it. No vote is recorded.
- 2026-09-08
Reeves County Emergency Services District No. 2 still has the abatement for the gas plant in front of it, undecided.
- 2026-09-09
The Reeves County emergency services district has not acted on the gas plant abatement. It is still an application.
- 2026-09-12
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-09-13
Checked and unchanged. Still pending, with no dated movement.
- 2026-09-16
The Reeves County abatement for the gas plant built to serve data centers is still before the emergency services district. No vote has been posted.
- 2026-09-19
The abatement for the gas plant is still before the district and no vote has been taken.
- 2026-09-23
The Reeves County abatement is still before the district and no vote has been taken.
- 2026-09-26
The Reeves County district still has the abatement for the gas plant before it and has taken no vote.
- 2026-09-29
The emergency services district in Reeves County has not voted on the abatement for the gas plant meant to power data centers.
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
Reeves County Emergency Services District No. 2 (the "District") will conduct a public hearing at a regularly scheduled meeting on March 25, 2026, to consider and to act upon the following items: (1) to consider the application of Energy Forge One LLC, for the recognition of a certain area of Reeves County, Texas, as Energy Forge One Reinvestment Zone (established November 24, 2025)Notice of Public Hearing, Reeves County Emergency Services District No. 2 Primary source, official · rcesd.org
This project would include the construction within the Zone of a new power generation facility that would utilize gas turbines to produce approximately 1-2 GW of dedicated power to prospective data center end users and/or other power intensive end users (collectively referred to as the "Project").Notice of Public Hearing, Reeves County Emergency Services District No. 2 Primary source, official · rcesd.org
The estimated cost of the proposed Project is $6 billion.Notice of Public Hearing, Reeves County Emergency Services District No. 2 Primary source, official · rcesd.org
The public hearing will take place at 5:30 p.m. on March 25, 2026, at the District's Administrative Office, 2269 Ocotillo Drive, Pecos, Texas 79772. All interested persons may appear and present testimony and evidence regarding the Application for Tax Abatement.Notice of Public Hearing, Reeves County Emergency Services District No. 2 Primary source, official · rcesd.org
Questions about this decision
Answered from the record itself. Every answer is assembled from stored fields, so an answer the record has no basis for is left out rather than guessed.
What is this decision?
A small emergency services district in Pecos noticed a public hearing to accept a tax abatement application from Energy Forge One LLC under Chapter 312 of the Texas Tax Code. The application concerns a new gas turbine power generation facility inside the Energy Forge One Reinvestment Zone. That zone was established on November 24th, 2025. The notice describes the plant as producing dedicated power for prospective data center end users. It puts the estimated project cost at $6 billion. The hearing was set for 5.30 in the afternoon on March 25th, 2026 at the district's administrative office in Pecos. All interested persons were free to appear and present testimony. The outcome of that hearing has not been confirmed from district minutes.
Who decides it?
Reeves County Emergency Services District No. 2 decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.
Can the public take part?
The notice states that all interested persons may appear and present testimony and evidence on the abatement application at the district's administrative office, 2269 Ocotillo Drive, Pecos, Texas 79772. ESD No. 2 meets at 5.30 in the afternoon on the third Tuesday of the month at that address. The district lists a phone number and an email on its meetings page.
Where in Texas does it apply?
It covers Reeves County in the Town of Pecos, TX area.
Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
What happens next?
No future date is on the record. The last dated step on it was hearing on March 25th.
When did it start?
The earliest date on its record is November 24th, 2025.
What kind of decision is it?
It is filed under power and the grid.
What sources back it?
One source backs it. It is primary.
Is it on the ERCOT grid?
Yes. It sits inside the ERCOT interconnection.
When was it last checked?
Every fact on it was last verified against its source on September 29th, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, Reeves County Emergency Services District No. 2 takes up a Chapter 312 abatement for a gas plant built to run data centers. Tracked since November 24th, 2025. Last verified September 29th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0068/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0068.
Beat
Filed under Power and the grid, with every other decision on that beat.