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CenterPoint Sits on Nearly $900MM in Data Center Deposits as Texas Audit Freezes 14 GW of Houston Load

October 26, 20263 Mins read18
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More than two months after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered an audit of large-load grid requests, CenterPoint Energy is holding nearly $900 million in security deposits tied to roughly 17 gigawatts of Houston-area projects, while state regulators race to decide by year-end who pays for the transmission lines those projects need.

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