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Chambers County, TX

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County
Chambers County
Congressional district
TX-36
Metro area
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
School district
Anahuac Independent School District

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Prices

Prices for the Houston metro area. Change over 5 years; each row names the exact area its number describes. Open the electricity and gasoline rows for the utility rate and the pump price.

While eggs rose 43.3 percent in the South region over 5 years, the food and agricultural industries held 215 lobbying contracts and filed 792 federal lobbying reports in 2025.

Federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings for 2025, the latest full year, counted by the issue codes each industry files under. Lobbying is federal and the same for every area. Shown beside the local price change; WalletShock does not assert that one caused the other.

  • Price and lobbying on the same years

    Eggs each September (South, dollars per dozen, grade A large), above; lobbying contracts under the industry's issue codes each year, below.

    • South, dollars per dozen, grade A large
    • Lobbying contracts per year, federal

    Filings are held from 2021; earlier years show no bar. The lighter bar is the current year, partial until its final reports arrive in late January. Two separate scales; the chart shows direction over the same years and does not measure one against the other.

    Top ten clients under FOO, AGR

    By filings carrying these issue codes in 2025. Filers under a code include organisations outside this industry.

    Egg producers: named clients

    Clients whose names match the catalog's list for this industry. Name matching is imperfect and each entry is flagged for human review.

Source: U.S. Senate Office of Public Records, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings via the LDA API. Latest observation 2025 filings, fetched 2026-11-01. A contract is one client and one lobbying registrant with a filing in the year; a company lobbying in-house counts as one. A filing count is the number of quarterly reports and registrations, not lobbyists or dollars. Amounts are the income registrants reported for the client plus expenses self-filers reported. Client names open the Senate filing search; the network icon opens the client's donor and PAC network on purchasingpolicy.org where a match exists

PACs for the industries behind this basket gave $53,500 to TX-36's House candidates and $110,000 to Texas's Senate candidates.

PAC gifts and stock trades tracked by the QPQ Tracker for the 183 lobbying clients listed above, matched to TX-36's House candidates and Texas's Senate candidates through FEC candidate committee records.

House, TX-36

$53,500 across 3 tracked gifts.

Senate, Texas

$110,000 across 11 tracked gifts.

Stock trades by TX-36's member

No disclosed trades in these companies by TX-36's member in the QPQ Tracker's records.

Data centers and schools

Data centers within 25 miles of your location and in Chambers County, TX. Spending per pupil for ANAHUAC IND SCH DIST 901 (NCES 4808190).

Data centers

1 facility within 25 miles

1 facility within 25 miles: 1 proposed.

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  • Proposed
Data centers within 25 miles and in Chambers County, TX
FacilityStatusOperatorSizePowerCoolingPushbackMilesSource
BaRupOn Data Center
Liberty, Liberty County, TX		Proposed240 MWNuclear, Solar, Geothermal, Grid (unspecified mix)Unknown24.3link

School spending

$13,461 per pupil

Current spending, FY2024, 1,547 students enrolled.

+45.0% since FY2013

Spending per pupil rose +45.0% from FY2013 to FY2024 ($9,286 to $13,461), while all-items prices for the Houston metro area rose +31.9% over the same years. Spending outpaced local prices.

All-items prices for the Houston metro area, Jun 2013 to Jun 2024 (series CUURS37BSA0). Fiscal years end in June.

  • Spending per pupil, as reported
  • First year's spending moved with local all-items prices

Summary

Chambers County, TX, basket of 8 items, 5-year timescale. Prices for the Houston metro area.

Prices

Eggs: $2.37 per dozen, grade A large as of Sep 2026 (average price for the South region. BLS publishes no metro or division average price for eggs), up 43.3% from Sep 2021 to Sep 2026.1

Milk: $3.90 per gallon, whole as of Sep 2026 (average price for the South region. BLS publishes no metro or division average price for milk), up 10.3% from Sep 2021 to Sep 2026.2

Ground beef: $6.50 per pound, 100% ground beef as of Sep 2026 (average price for the South region. BLS publishes no metro or division average price for ground beef), up 52.0% from Sep 2021 to Sep 2026.3

Gasoline: $3.73 per gallon, regular unleaded as of Sep 2026 (average price for the Houston metro area), up 35.8% from Sep 2021 to Sep 2026.4

Electricity: $0.16 per kilowatt-hour as of Sep 2026 (average price for the South region. The metro series stopped in Dec 2024. The division series stopped in Dec 2024), up 25.4% from Sep 2021 to Sep 2026.5

Rent: index 328.7 as of Sep 2026 (prices for the Houston metro area), up 20.8% from Sep 2021 to Sep 2026.6

Car insurance: index 846.1 as of Sep 2026 (prices for the U.S. city average. The metro series stopped in Dec 2021. The division series stopped in Dec 2021. The region series stopped in Dec 2021), up 49.4% from Sep 2021 to Sep 2026.7

Prescription drugs: index 543.6 as of Sep 2026 (prices for the U.S. city average. BLS publishes no metro or division or region index for prescription drugs), up 4.2% from Sep 2021 to Sep 2026.8

Lobbying

While eggs rose 43.3 percent in the South region over 5 years, the food and agricultural industries held 215 lobbying contracts and filed 792 federal lobbying reports in 2025 under issue codes FOO, AGR, including UNITED EGG PRODUCERS (2 contracts, 7 filings), CAL-MAINE FOODS (1 contract, 5 filings).9,1

While milk rose 10.3 percent in the South region over 5 years, the food and agricultural industries held 215 lobbying contracts and filed 792 federal lobbying reports in 2025 under issue codes FOO, AGR, including INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION (3 contracts, 12 filings), NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION (3 contracts, 12 filings), LAND O'LAKES (2 contracts, 8 filings).9,2

While ground beef rose 52.0 percent in the South region over 5 years, the food and agricultural industries held 215 lobbying contracts and filed 792 federal lobbying reports in 2025 under issue codes FOO, AGR, including MEAT INSTITUTE (FKA NORTH AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE) (1 contract, 10 filings), CARGILL INC (2 contracts, 8 filings), CARGILL, INC. (2 contracts, 8 filings).9,3

While gasoline rose 35.8 percent in Houston over 5 years, the fuel and oil and energy industries held 199 lobbying contracts and filed 692 federal lobbying reports in 2025 under issue codes FUE, ENG, including AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE (5 contracts, 21 filings), VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION (4 contracts, 17 filings), EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION (4 contracts, 16 filings).9,4

While electricity rose 25.4 percent in the South region over 5 years, the energy and utility industries held 189 lobbying contracts and filed 642 federal lobbying reports in 2025 under issue codes ENG, UTI, including NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. (14 contracts, 52 filings), EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE (10 contracts, 40 filings), SOUTHERN COMPANY (9 contracts, 39 filings).9,5

While rent rose 20.8 percent in Houston over 5 years, the housing and real estate industries held 38 lobbying contracts and filed 132 federal lobbying reports in 2025 under issue codes HOU, RES, including NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS (6 contracts, 24 filings), NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION (3 contracts, 12 filings), INVITATION HOMES INC. (2 contracts, 9 filings).9,6

While car insurance rose 49.4 percent in the U.S. over 5 years, the insurance industry held 49 lobbying contracts and filed 207 federal lobbying reports in 2025 under issue code INS, including AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION (9 contracts, 37 filings), NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES (6 contracts, 25 filings), LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP (4 contracts, 19 filings).9,7

While prescription drugs rose 4.2 percent in the U.S. over 5 years, the pharmaceutical and health care industries held 369 lobbying contracts and filed 1,372 federal lobbying reports in 2025 under issue codes PHA, HCR, including PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA (22 contracts, 90 filings), PHRMA (13 contracts, 53 filings), ELI LILLY AND COMPANY (11 contracts, 51 filings).9,8

Money in your district

TX-36 House candidates received $53,500 across 3 tracked gifts from PACs of the industries behind this basket: Valero Energy Corporation Political Action Committee $35,000 to Dr. Brian Babin for Congress; ExxonMobil PAC $15,000 to Dr. Brian Babin for Congress; American Petroleum Institute PAC $3,500 to Dr. Brian Babin for Congress.10

Texas Senate candidates received $110,000 across 11 tracked gifts from the same PACs: ExxonMobil PAC $30,000 to Ted Cruz for Senate; ExxonMobil PAC $15,000 to Texans for Senator John Cornyn Inc.; Valero Energy Corporation Political Action Committee $10,000 to Republican Party of Texas.10

Energy

Electricity: CenterPoint Energy delivers power in Chambers County; retail prices are set by competitive providers, and the Texas statewide residential average was 15.9 cents per kilowatt-hour in Aug 2026.12,11

The Texas statewide residential electricity price rose 33.2% from Aug 2021 to Aug 2026.11

Gasoline: $3.73 per gallon, regular grade, gasoline for the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metro area, Sep 2026, up 35.8% from Sep 2021 to Sep 2026.4

Data centers

Data centers: 1 facility within 25 miles (1 proposed). Nearest: BaRupOn Data Center, 24.3 miles.13

School spending

School spending: ANAHUAC IND SCH DIST 901 spent $13,461 per pupil in FY2024, up 45.0% from $9,286 in FY2013, while all-items prices for the Houston metro area rose 31.9% over the same fiscal years (Jun 2013 to Jun 2024). Spending outpaced local prices.14,15

WalletShock shows lobbying activity alongside price changes. It does not assert that one caused the other.

What Texas has on record for Chambers County

Hood County's question to the Attorney General, whether a county may pause industrial development, has waited 251 days and reads "Pending". Reported gifts to the Attorney General's federal committees from the data center industry: at least $448,000 through June 2026, as reported by NOTUS. See the full question and the gifts on the Hood County page.

Sources: Office of the Attorney General, request RQ-0633-KP status page; NOTUS, August 11, 2026.

Local actions on data centers

Actions by Chambers County's commissioners court and by cities in the county, as reported in the sources on each line. Only actions those sources describe are listed.

No action by Chambers County's commissioners court or its cities on data centers is described in the sources WalletShock tracks. Statewide, the pending question before the Attorney General and the actions of other counties are on the Texas page.

See every county and city action on the Texas page

From the filings: 64 gifts totaling $1,045,875 to Attorney General Paxton's campaign committees from donors on the data center industry list, and 105 lobbyists registered in Austin in 2026 by companies on that list.

Chambers County's adopted county tax rate was $0.513196 per $100 of value in 2021 and $0.467092 in 2025, a change of −9.0 percent. The state's sales tax exemption for data centers is estimated at $1,598.0 million for fiscal 2027.

Adopted property tax rates for every taxing unit in Chambers County from the Comptroller's rates and levies files, Chapter 312 abatement agreements the Comptroller lists for the county, and the Comptroller's estimate of the statewide data center sales tax exemption. Each figure names its file.

Adopted tax rates per $100 of value, 2021 to 2025, by taxing unit

Taxing unit20212022202320242025Change
County
Chambers$0.513196$0.465257$0.423343$0.415457$0.467092−9.0 percent
Cities
Anahuac$0.710234$0.710234$0.69$0.87729$0.587902−17.2 percent
Baytown(split)$0.785$0.75$0.72$0.70042$0.69803−11.1 percent
Mont Belvieu(split)$0.454745$0.443492$0.444252$0.471189$0.525826+15.6 percent
Texas City(split)——$0.49$0.488635$0.478433−2.4 percent
School districts
Anahuac ISD$1.3834$1.3646$1.1824$1.1769$1.1769−14.9 percent
Barbers Hill ISD$1.1545$1.1545$1.1024$1.0524$1.0631−7.9 percent
East Chambers ISD$1.21835$1.26795$1.1142$1.1119$1.1119−8.7 percent
Goose Creek CISD(split)$1.3686$1.2817$1.0825$1.0725$1.07−21.8 percent
La Porte ISD(split)$1.2565$1.2565$0.9739$0.9739$1.0641−15.3 percent
Special districts
Cedar Bayou Navigation District$0.03$0.02$0.02$0.0175$0.0165−45.0 percent
Cedar Port Navigation & ID$0.72$0.72$0.72$0.72$0.720.0 percent
Chambers Co School Equalization District$0.026294$0.026294$0.025152$0.024578$0.025554−2.8 percent
Chambers County ESD #1 *$0.0$0.0$0.0———
Chambers County ID #2$0.69$0.69$0.49$0.69$0.690.0 percent
Chambers County ID #3$1.0$1.0$1.25$1.25$1.25+25.0 percent
Chambers County MUD$0.75$0.7$0.58$0.56$0.56−25.3 percent
Chambers County MUD #3$1.5$1.5$1.5$1.5$1.50.0 percent
Chambers County Public HD #1$0.32869$0.236412$0.215674$0.206762$0.20624−37.3 percent
Chambers-Liberty Co Nav Dist South(split)$0.01182$0.01$0.00827$0.00787$0.01017−14.0 percent
Jefferson County Drainage District #6(split)$0.214244$0.202572$0.192429$0.184917$0.184235−14.0 percent
Lee Junior College Dist - Barber's Hill **———$0.05$0.050.0 percent
Lee Junior College District **(split)$0.2301$0.2201$0.2101$0.1951$0.18706−18.7 percent
Riceland Management District *——$0.5$0.5$0.0−100.0 percent
Riceland MUD #1 *——$0.8$0.8$0.0−100.0 percent
Riceland MUD #2——$0.8$0.8$0.80.0 percent
Riceland MUD #3——$0.8$0.8$0.80.0 percent
San Jacinto Junior College District **(split)$0.167967$0.155605$0.146195$0.154868$0.154615−7.9 percent
Trinity Bay Conservation District(split)$0.39677$0.364467$0.314971$0.296163$0.291133−26.6 percent
Windcress MUD of Chambers County *———$0.0$0.0—

Rates are as the Comptroller publishes them in its annual rates and levies files; the change is from the first to the last year each unit reports. A school district marked split reaches into more than one county; the rate is the same in each. TEA's adopted school rates, which run on the school year, are loaded beside these for the Step 9 comparison.

78 Chapter 312 abatement agreements the Comptroller lists for this county

  • NRG Cedar Bayou 5 LLC with Chambers County, 2029 to 2038 (active)

    Industrial/Commercial; Expanding/Modernizing; NRG Cedar Bayou 5 - Project Moonshot Reinvestment Zone · expires 2038-12-31 · Comptroller record 000019695

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
    • Lee College District, real property (participating taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Enterprise Products Operating LLC (Frac XIV) with Chambers County, 2026 to 2035 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; Expanding; Enterprise Products Operating Reinvestment Zone · property value $10,000 · expires 2035-12-31 · Comptroller record 000019693

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Americus Brickyard Partners with MONT BELVIEU CITY, 2026 to 2035 (active)

    Industrial/Commercial; A New Business; Brickyard Reinvestment Zone · expires 2035-12-31 · Comptroller record 000014183

    • MONT BELVIEU CITY, all property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • TARGA DOWNSTREAM LLC (FRACTIONATOR 10) with MONT BELVIEU CITY, 2026 to 2035 (active)

    Industrial/Commercial; Expanding/Modernizing; TARGA REINVESTMENT ZONE · expires 2035-12-31 · Comptroller record 000013260

    • MONT BELVIEU CITY, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • ONEOK HYDROCARBON LP with Mont Belvieu City, 2026 to 2035 (active)

    Industrial/Commercial; Expanding/Modernizing; Oneok Reinvestment Zone · expires 2035-12-31 · Comptroller record 000013248

    • Mont Belvieu City, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • TARGA DOWNSTREAM LLC (FRACTIONATOR 9) with MONT BELVIEU CITY, 2025 to 2034 (active)

    Industrial/Commercial; Expanding/Modernizing; TARGA REINVESTMENT ZONE · expires 2034-12-31 · Comptroller record 000013259

    • MONT BELVIEU CITY, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Enterprise Products Operating LLC (Frac XII) with Chambers County, 2024 to 2033 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; Expanding; Enterprise Products Operating Reinvestment Zone · property value $10,000 · expires 2033-12-31 · Comptroller record 000013236

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Houston Transloading Partners I, LLC with Chambers County, 2024 to 2033 (active)

    Industrial/Commercial; A New Business; Houston Transloading Partners 1 Reinvestment Zone · expires 2033-12-31 · Comptroller record 000006230

    • Chambers County, all property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Enterprise Products Operating LLC PDH3 with Chambers County, 2024 to 2033 (cancelled)

    Commercial/Industrial; Expanding; Enterprise Products Operating Reinvestment Zone · property value $10,000 · expires 2033-12-31 · Comptroller record 000006450

  • 3200 Baytown LLC with Chambers County, 2024 to 2033 (active)

    Industrial/Commercial; A New Business; Yaraghi Realty Reinvestment Zone · expires 2033-12-31 · Comptroller record 000014185

    • Chambers County, all property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • TGSCP 7575 Sutton Road LLC with Chambers County, 2023 to 2032 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; TGSCP Sutton Road Reinvestment Zone · property value $104,600 · expires 2032-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004246

    • Chambers County, all property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Enterprise Products Operating LLC Frac XIV with Chambers County, 2023 to 2032 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; Expanding; Enterprise Products Operating Reinvestment Zone · property value $10,000 · expires 2032-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004037

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): 75% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Enterprise Products Operating LLC Hydrotreater with Chambers County, 2023 to 2032 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; Expanding; Enterprise Products Operating Reinvestment Zone · property value $10,000 · expires 2032-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004038

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): 75% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Enterprise Products Operating LLC (PDH3) with Chambers County, 2023 to 2032 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; Expanding; Enterprise Products Operating Reinvestment Zone · property value $10,000 · expires 2032-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004047

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Moon Towers Property LLC with Chambers County, 2023 to 2032 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Niagara Bottling Reinvestment Zone · property value $458,280 · expires 2032-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004151

    • Chambers County, all property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Enterprise Products Operating LLC PDH2 with Chambers County, 2022 to 2031 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; Expanding; Enterprise Products Operating Reinvestment Zone · property value $10,000 · expires 2031-12-31 · Comptroller record 000014811

    • Chambers County, all property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Floor Décor Outlets with Chambers County, 2022 to 2031 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Chambers County Floor and Décor Outlets of America Reinvestment Zone · property value $1,795,070 · expires 2031-12-31 · Comptroller record 000003693

    • Chambers County, all property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Enterprise Products Operating LLC (Hydrotreater) with Chambers County, 2022 to 2031 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; Expanding; Enterprise Products Operating Reinvestment Zone · property value $10,000 · expires 2031-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004045

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Enterprise Products Operating LLC ISOM with Chambers County, 2022 to 2031 (cancelled)

    Commercial/Industrial; Expanding; Enterprise Products Operating Reinvestment Zone · property value $10,000 · expires 2031-12-31 · Comptroller record 000013415

  • SBR Cedar Port LP & Plastic Express with Chambers County, 2022 to 2031 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Chambers County Plastic Express 2021 Reinvestment Zone · expires 2031-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004311

    • Chambers County (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Energy Transfer GC NGL Fractionators LLC (Frac 8) with Chambers County, 2021 to 2030 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Lone Star NGL Asset Holdings II Reinvestment Zone · property value $35,000,000 · expires 2030-12-31 · Comptroller record 000013342

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 74%, year 2: 50%, year 3: 50%, year 4: 50%, year 5: 50%, year 6: 50%, year 7: 50%, year 8: 50%, year 9: 50%, year 10: 50%

  • Green Dreamz LLC with Mont Belvieu City, 2026 to 2030 (active)

    Industrial/Commercial; A New Business; Green Dreamz RZ · expires 2030-02-22 · Comptroller record 000018110

    • Mont Belvieu City, real property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 75%, year 5: 50%

  • Enterprise Products Operating LLC (ISOM) with Chambers County, 2021 to 2030 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; Expanding; Enterprise Products Operating Reinvestment Zone · property value $10,000 · expires 2030-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004046

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Hunt Southwest Port I LLC with Chambers County, 2021 to 2030 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Hunt SW Cedar Port Reinvestment Zone · property value $1,010,610 · expires 2030-12-31 · Comptroller record 000019684

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 50%, year 3: 50%, year 4: 50%, year 5: 55%, year 6: 55%, year 7: 55%, year 8: 55%, year 9: 55%, year 10: 55%

  • Enterprise Products Operating LLC DIB #2 with Chambers County, 2020 to 2030 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; Expanding; Enterprise Products Operating Reinvestment Zone · property value $10,000 · expires 2030-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004034

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): 75% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Energy Transfer GC NGL Fractionators LLC with CHAMBERS COUNTY, 2021 to 2030 (active)

    Industrial/Commercial; Expanding/Modernizing; LONE STAR NGL RZ · expires 2030-12-31 · Comptroller record 000016895

    • CHAMBERS COUNTY, real property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 74%, year 2: 60%, year 3: 50%, year 4: 50%, year 5: 50%, year 6: 50%, year 7: 50%, year 8: 50%, year 9: 50%, year 10: 50%

  • ONEOK HYDROCARBON LP with Mont Belvieu City, 2020 to 2029 (active)

    Industrial/Commercial; Expanding/Modernizing; Oneok Reinvestment Zone · expires 2029-12-31 · Comptroller record 000013389

    • Mont Belvieu City, all property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
    • Chambers County, all property (participating taxing unit ): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Enterprise Products Operating LLC with Chambers County, 2020 to 2029 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; Expanding; Enterprise Products Operating Reinvestment Zone · property value $10,000 · expires 2029-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004033

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Enterprise Products Operating LLC (Frac X) with Chambers County, 2020 to 2029 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; Expanding; Enterprise Products Operating Reinvestment Zone · property value $10,000 · expires 2029-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004042

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • TARGA DOWNSTREAM LLC (FRAC 6) with Mont Belvieu City, 2020 to 2029 (active)

    Industrial/Commercial; Expanding/Modernizing; City of Mont Belvieu Targa Reinvestment Zone · expires 2029-12-31 · Comptroller record 000014808

    • Mont Belvieu City, all property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • TARGA TRAIN 7 LLC with Mont Belvieu City, 2020 to 2029 (active)

    Industrial/Commercial; Expanding/Modernizing; City of Mont Belvieu Targa Reinvestment Zone · expires 2029-12-31 · Comptroller record 000013381

    • Mont Belvieu City, all property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
    • Chambers County, all property (participating taxing unit ): year 2: 74%, year 3: 60%, year 4: 50%, year 5: 50%, year 6: 50%, year 7: 50%, year 8: 50%, year 9: 50%, year 10: 50%

  • TARGA TRAIN 8 LLC with Mont Belvieu City, 2020 to 2029 (active)

    Industrial/Commercial; Expanding/Modernizing; City of Mont Belvieu Targa Reinvestment Zone · expires 2029-12-31 · Comptroller record 000013385

    • Mont Belvieu City, all property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
    • Chambers County, all property (participating taxing unit ): year 2: 74%, year 3: 60%, year 4: 50%, year 5: 50%, year 6: 50%, year 7: 50%, year 8: 50%, year 9: 50%, year 10: 50%

  • ONEOK HYDROCARBON LP with Mont Belvieu City, 2020 to 2029 (active)

    Industrial/Commercial; Expanding/Modernizing; Oneok Reinvestment Zone · expires 2029-12-31 · Comptroller record 000013388

    • Mont Belvieu City, all property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
    • Chambers County, all property (participating taxing unit ): year 2: 74%, year 3: 60%, year 4: 50%, year 5: 50%, year 6: 50%, year 7: 50%, year 8: 50%, year 9: 50%, year 10: 50%

  • CHAMBERS CO LOGISTICS TERMINAL (PHASE 5 WH 8 & 9) with Chambers County, 2019 to 2028 (active)

    Industrial/Commercial; A New Business; Chambers County Logistics Terminal Reinvestment Zone · expires 2028-12-31 · Comptroller record 000017765

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Enterprise Products Operating LLC with Chambers County, 2018 to 2028 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; Expanding; Enterprise Products Operating Reinvestment Zone · property value $846,000,000 · expires 2028-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004032

    • Chambers County (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Energy Transfer GC NGL Fractionators LLC (Frac 5) with Chambers County, 2019 to 2028 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; Lone Star NGL Asset Holdings II Reinvestment Zone · expires 2028-12-31 · Comptroller record 000013341

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Blackline Cold Storage LLC with Chambers County, 2023 to 2027 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Blackline 2021 Reinvestment Zone · property value $800,000 · expires 2027-12-31 · Comptroller record 000017238

    • Chambers County, all property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 5

  • CHAMBERS CO LOGISTICS TERMINAL PHASE 4 WH3 with Chambers County, 2018 to 2027 (active)

    Industrial/Commercial; Expanding/Modernizing; Chambers County Logistics Terminal Reinvestment Zone · expires 2027-12-31 · Comptroller record 000017441

    • Chambers County, all property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Texas Baytown Grand Parkway LLC with Chambers County, 2023 to 2027 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Texas Baytown Grand Parkway Reinvestment Zone · property value $486,000 · expires 2027-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004244

    • Chambers County, all property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 5

  • TALKE RE HOLDINGS INC with MONT BELVIEU CITY, 2023 to 2027 (active)

    Industrial/Commercial; A New Business; TALKE REINVESTMENT ZONE · expires 2027-12-31 · Comptroller record 000019704

    • MONT BELVIEU CITY, real property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 75%, year 5: 50%
    • Chambers County , real property (participating taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 5

  • Enterprise Products Operating LLC Phase 2 with Chambers County, 2017 to 2026 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Enterprise Products Operating Reinvestment Zone · property value $175,590 · expires 2026-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004048

    • Chambers County (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Chambers County Logistics Terminal LP with Chambers County, 2017 to 2026 (active)

    Industrial/Commercial; Expanding/Modernizing; Chambers County Logistics Terminal Reinvestment Zone · expires 2026-12-31 · Comptroller record 000019690

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Covestro LLC with Chambers County, 2017 to 2026 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Air Products Reinvestment Zone · property value $1,244,600 · expires 2026-12-31 · Comptroller record 000003651

    • Chambers County (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Energy Transfer GC NGL Fractionators LLC with CHAMBERS COUNTY, 2017 to 2026 (active)

    Industrial/Commercial; Expanding/Modernizing; LONE STAR NGL RZ · expires 2026-12-31 · Comptroller record 000016893

    • CHAMBERS COUNTY, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • NNN OPP IV OWNER II LLC with Chambers County, 2020 to 2026 (active)

    Industrial/Commercial; A New Business; P8 CPL I Propco RZ · expires 2026-12-31 · Comptroller record 000016887

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 75%, year 5: 75%, year 6: 60%, year 7: 60%

  • Mont Belvieu Caverns LLC with Chambers County, 2017 to 2026 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; Enterprise Products Operating Reinvestment Zone · expires 2026-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004050

    • Chambers County (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • FROMUS LLC with Chambers County, 2022 to 2026 (active)

    Industrial/Commercial; A New Business; Fromus RZ · expires 2026-12-31 · Comptroller record 000017245

    • Chambers County, personal property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 75%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 50%

  • TGSCP 4224 BARGE DOCK RD with Chambers County, 2021 to 2025 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; TGS Cedar Port Partners Reinvestment Zone · property value $395,280 · expires 2025-12-31 · Comptroller record 000013263

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 50%, year 2: 60%, year 3: 75%, year 4: 100%, year 5: 100%

  • Lone Star NGL Asset Holdings with Chambers County, 2014 to 2025 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Lone Star NGL Asset Holdings II Reinvestment Zone · property value $750,000 · expires 2025-02-03 · Comptroller record 000004127

    • Chambers County (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 100%, year 5: 75%, year 7: 50%, year 8: 50%, year 9: 50%, year 10: 25%
    • Mont Belvieu City (participating taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 100%, year 5: 75%, year 6: 60%, year 7: 50%, year 8: 50%, year 9: 50%, year 10: 25%

    Name matches a FracTracker facility: Lone Star Project (both begin "LONE STAR")awaiting the owner's review

  • Chambers County Logistics Terminal LP with Chambers County, 2016 to 2025 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Chambers County Logistics Terminal Reinvestment Zone · property value $176,000 · expires 2025-12-31 · Comptroller record 000019689

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • ENERGY TRANSFER GC NGL FRACTIONATORS LLC (FRAC 3) with MONT BELVIEU CITY, 2016 to 2025 (expired)

    Industrial/Commercial; Expanding/Modernizing; LONE STAR REINVESTMENT ZONE · expires 2025-12-31 · Comptroller record 000013397

    • MONT BELVIEU CITY, all property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
    • CHAMBERS COUNTY, all property (participating taxing unit ): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Cedar Bayou Fractiotors LP with Mont Belvieu City, 2016 to 2025 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Cedar Bayou Fractionators Reinvestment Zone · expires 2025-12-31 · Comptroller record 000019698

    • Mont Belvieu City, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
    • Chambers County, real property (participating taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • BCIF Cedar Port Logistics with Chambers County, 2021 to 2025 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Black Creek Group - BCIF Cedar Port Logistics Center Reinvestment Zone · property value $840,000 · expires 2025-12-31 · Comptroller record 000003671

    • Chambers County, all property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 75%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 50%

  • Enterprise Products Operating LLC with Chambers County, 2015 to 2024 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; Expanding; Enterprise Products Operating Reinvestment Zone · property value $1,500,000,000 · expires 2024-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004031

    • Chambers County (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Family WTS, LLC with Chambers County, 2020 to 2024 (expired)

    Industrial/Commercial; A New Business; Family WTS LLC 2019 Reinvestment Zone · expires 2024-12-31 · Comptroller record 000019702

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 5

  • Exxon Mobil Corporation with Chambers County, 2015 to 2024 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; Expanding; Exxon Mobile North American Reinvestment Zone · property value $1,190,000,000 · expires 2024-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004057

    • Chambers County (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
    • Mont Belvieu City (participating taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Exeter 5335 Cedar Port LP with Chambers County, 2020 to 2024 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Chambers County Clay Partners Reinvestment Zone · property value $900,000 · expires 2024-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004309

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 75%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 50%

  • Chambers County Logistics Terminal LP with Chambers County, 2015 to 2024 (expired)

    Industrial/Commercial; Expanding/Modernizing; Chambers County Logistics Terminal Reinvestment Zone · expires 2024-12-31 · Comptroller record 000019688

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Ameriport Building 12 LLC with Chambers County, 2020 to 2024 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Chambers County Ameriport Bldg. Reinvestment Zone #12 · property value $201,273 · expires 2024-12-31 · Comptroller record 000019700

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 75%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 50%

  • Ameriport Building 10 LLC with Chambers County, 2019 to 2023 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Chambers County Ameriport Bldg. Reinvestment Zone #10 · property value $305,840 · expires 2023-12-31 · Comptroller record 000003689

    • Chambers County (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 75%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 50%

  • Ameriport Bldg. 7 LLC with Chambers County, 2019 to 2023 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Chambers County Ameriport Bldg. Reinvestment Zone #7 · expires 2023-12-31 · Comptroller record 000003692

    • Chambers County (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 75%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 50%

  • ONEOK HYDROCARBON LP with Mont Belvieu City, 2014 to 2023 (expired)

    Industrial/Commercial; Expanding/Modernizing; Oneok Reinvestment Zone · expires 2023-12-31 · Comptroller record 000013391

    • Mont Belvieu City, all property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 100%, year 5: 75%, year 6: 60%, year 7: 50%, year 8: 50%, year 9: 50%, year 10: 25%
    • Chambers County, all property (participating taxing unit ): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • ENERGY TRANSFER GC NGL FRACTIONATORS LLC (FRAC 2 & with MONT BELVIEU CITY, 2014 to 2023 (expired)

    Industrial/Commercial; Expanding/Modernizing; LONE STAR REINVESTMENT ZONE · expires 2023-12-31 · Comptroller record 000013402

    • MONT BELVIEU CITY, all property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 100%, year 5: 75%, year 6: 60%, year 7: 50%, year 8: 50%, year 9: 50%, year 10: 25%

  • Ameriport Building 11 LLC with Chambers County, 2019 to 2023 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Chambers County Ameriport Bldg. Reinvestment Zone #11 · property value $247,596 · expires 2023-12-31 · Comptroller record 000003690

    • Chambers County (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 75%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 50%

  • Hunting Energy Services Inc with Chambers County, 2014 to 2023 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Hunting Energy Services Reinvestment Zone · property value $145,850 · expires 2023-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004094

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
    • Chambers County, personal proerty (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Ameriport Building 9 LLC with Chambers County, 2019 to 2023 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Chambers County Ameriport Bldg. Reinvestment Zone #9 · property value $12,700,000 · expires 2023-12-31 · Comptroller record 000003688

    • Chambers County (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 75%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 50%

  • A&W Real Property Vortech with Chambers County, 2018 to 2022 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; A&W Real Property Vortech Reinvestment Zone · property value $79,060 · expires 2022-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004403

    • Chambers County (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 75%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 50%
    • Trinity Bay Conservation District (participating taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 75%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 50%

  • DU-USA with Chambers County, 2018 to 2022 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; Expanding; Chambers County DU Reinvestment Zone · property value $64,280 · expires 2022-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004439

    • Chambers County (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 75%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 50%

  • Blue Tide Environmental Baytown LLC with Chambers County, 2018 to 2022 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Topsail Energy Reinvestment Zone · property value $4,300,000 · expires 2022-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004844

    • Chambers County, real property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 75%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 50%

  • Denbury Onshore LLC with Chambers County, 2018 to 2022 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Reinvestment Zone #22 Chambers County · property value $101,780 · expires 2022-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004757

    • Chambers County (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 75%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 50%

  • Cedar Bayou Fractiotors LP with Mont Belvieu City, 2012 to 2021 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Cedar Bayou Fractionators Reinvestment Zone · expires 2021-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004434

    • Mont Belvieu City (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Clay Partners 4762 Borusan LP with Chambers County, 2017 to 2021 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Chambers County Clay Partners Reinvestment Zone · property value $175,590 · expires 2021-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004438

    • Chambers County (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 75%, year 5: 60%
    • Chambers County (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 75%, year 5: 60%

  • Ameriport with Chambers County, 2017 to 2021 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Chambers County Ameriport Bldg. Reinvestment Zone #6 · property value $42,446 · expires 2021-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004437

    • Chambers County (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 75%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 50%

  • Ameriport with Chambers County, 2017 to 2021 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Chambers County Ameriport Bldg. Reinvestment Zone #5 · property value $64,195 · expires 2021-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004436

    • Chambers County (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 75%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 50%

  • Enterprise Products Operating LLC with Chambers County, 2012 to 2021 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Enterprise Products Operating Reinvestment Zone · property value $657,360 · expires 2021-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004836

    • Chambers County (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10

  • Enterprise Products Operating LLC with Chambers County, 2012 to 2020 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; Expanding; Reinvestment Zone #21 Chambers County · expires 2020-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004756

    • Chambers County (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 100%, year 5: 75%, year 7: 50%, year 8: 50%, year 9: 50%

  • West Bay 511 LLC with Chambers County, 2016 to 2020 (expired)

    Not Provided; West Bay 511 Reinvestment Zone · property value $1,700,000 · expires 2020-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004819

    • Chambers County (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 75%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 50%
    • Chambers County (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 75%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 50%

  • Ameriport Building 3 LLC with Chambers County, 2015 to 2019 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Ameriport Building 3, Reinvestment Zone · expires 2019-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004407

    • Chambers County, personal property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 75%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 50%

A name match is a sample, not a finding: the weekly job compares each abatement's property owner with the names in the Comptroller's data center registry and in FracTracker's Texas facilities, and every match stays labelled until a person confirms it.

The statewide data center sales tax exemption, by fiscal year

FY 2025FY 2026FY 2027FY 2028FY 2029FY 2030
$1,015.6M$1,305.1M$1,598.0M$1,600.9M$1,692.9M$1,753.3M

The Comptroller's estimate of state revenue not collected under Tax Code Section 151.359, in millions of dollars, from its January 2025 Tax Exemptions and Tax Incidence report. The large data center exemption is included in these figures. Statewide; no county share is published.

When the Legislature created the exemption in 2013, lawmakers were told it would reduce state revenue by about $14.6 million for the 2014-15 biennium, the exemption's first two years, KUT reported in July 2026. The same report put the current projection at roughly $3.3 billion for the 2028-29 budget cycle. KUT.

The grid and your bill

The delivery company for Chambers County from EIA's Form 861 service territories, its delivery charges from the PUC's rate reports, today's retail offers from Power to Choose for that company, EIA's statewide residential averages, and what the state has on record for the grid. Retail offers and delivery charges are by company, EIA and ERCOT figures are statewide.

Who delivers your power

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric delivers power in Chambers County: EIA-861 lists CenterPoint Energy as serving the county, with 2,485,470 residential customers statewide in 2024, the most of the delivery companies listed for the county.

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric's residential delivery charges as of September 1, 2026: a customer charge of $2.11 and a metering charge of $2.79 per month, and 0.06413 dollars per kilowatt-hour, which the PUC's report puts at $69.03 for a 1,000 kilowatt-hour month before the retail provider's energy charge. PUC of Texas, CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric rates report.

What retailers are offering today

On November 1, 2026, Power to Choose listed 148 fixed-rate offers for homes on CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric (175 offers in all). At 1,000 kilowatt-hours a month the lowest was 6.20 cents per kilowatt-hour and the median 13.05 cents per kilowatt-hour, delivery included, as the site prices them.

The statewide average, by the same month

EIA's statewide residential average was 15.91 cents per kilowatt-hour in August 2026, against 15.40 cents per kilowatt-hour in August 2025, the same month a year earlier: up 0.51 cents. EIA table 5.6.A.

Five years earlier, in August 2021, the same statewide average was 11.94 cents per kilowatt-hour, so August 2026 stands 33.2 percent higher than the same month five years before.

EIA's annual statewide residential average for Texas was 11.71 cents per kilowatt-hour in 2020, the latest year in its annual file. EIA annual file.

Statewide figures: no county average is published. A month is compared only with the same month of an earlier year, since summer and winter prices differ.

What the state has on record for the grid

  1. August 3, 2026
    statewide (ERCOT region)
    As of the Governor's August 3, 2026 audit directive, ERCOT was tracking more than 1,800 projects in its interconnection queue representing over 474 gigawatts, more than five times the grid's record peak demand, with approximately 90 percent of the new power requests being data centers, as the Texas Tribune and the Governor's office reported. Source, Detail.The Part E brief gives 474.7 gigawatts and 90.2 percent as of June 2026; the Tribune and the Governor's release say "over 474 gigawatts" and "approximately 90 percent". The rounded figures are recorded because those are what the cited sources print; the decimals go in when an ERCOT document stating them is added as a source.
  2. August 3, 2026
    Statewide
    On August 3, 2026 Governor Abbott directed the PUC and ERCOT to conduct a comprehensive verification and audit of every data center advancing through ERCOT's interconnection queue, with any project that fails to comply denied connection to the grid, as the Texas Tribune reported. Source, Detail.
  3. June 10, 2026
    Statewide
    On June 10, 2026 Governor Abbott directed the PUC to take action so that data center interconnections result in reduced residential bills and to require data centers to pay all of their electric infrastructure costs, and directed the PUC and ERCOT to review their authorities and report by July 17, 2026, with the PUC to begin action on residential transmission costs by July 31, 2026. Source.
  4. June 20, 2025
    Statewide
    Senate Bill 6 of the 89th Legislature, by King, was signed by the Governor on June 20, 2025 and took effect immediately; it gives ERCOT oversight of transactions between generators and large loads such as data centers and authority to cut and redistribute their power in an emergency, as the Texas Tribune described it. Source, Detail.

ERCOT's queue figures are statewide or by load zone and are never broken down by county.

The water line

Water figures reported for proposed facilities in Chambers County, beside the county's own water use as the Texas Water Development Board estimates it, and the groundwater conservation district for the county's center point. Claims are as reported, not measured.

No facility-level dataset of data center water use exists in Texas. No state agency publishes how much water any data center takes, and the Texas Tribune reports that the state does not holistically track water use by the industry, there being no uniform way for reporting or tracking it. Figures for a proposed facility come only from what a developer, an official or residents have said in public, with the source named.

What has been said about proposed facilities here

No water figure for a proposed data center in Chambers County has been reported in the sources WalletShock tracks.

Pages checked with no published figure

On September 24, 2026, WalletShock opened 98 pages across Texas looking for a water figure tied to a specific data center. The pages below mention facilities in Chambers County and give no such figure; each is linked so a reader can look for themselves. Where a page could not be read in full (a paywall, an unreadable document), its title says so.

No page opened on September 24, 2026 mentioned a facility in Chambers County.

Searched, with nothing published found

  • Houston-area hyperscale or AI campuses (Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery, Brazoria, Waller, Liberty, Chambers and Galveston counties): no facility-specific water figure found; coverage was limited to local rules in Conroe, Missouri City and Brazoria County.

A list of pages opened is a record of what was looked at, not proof that no figure exists. When a figure for a facility is published, it belongs in the reported figures above, with its source.

What the county uses

Chambers County's municipal water use in 2024 was 7,162 acre-feet (4,019 from groundwater, 3,143 from surface water), serving an estimated population of 56,179, in the Water Development Board's historical water use estimates. TWDB.

Water use by category in 2024, acre-feet

  • Municipal7,162
  • Manufacturing35,641
  • Mining3,045
  • Power7,264
  • Irrigation107,743
  • Livestock453

Whose groundwater district

The county's center point lies in no groundwater conservation district, by the Water Development Board's district boundaries.

Groundwater conservation districts permit and regulate wells in their area; the boundaries are TWDB's file, current as of November 2019 per its GIS data page, and are approximate.

Write to your commissioners court

The letter below is written from this page's figures, each with its source, and asks the Chambers County Commissioners Court two questions. Put your name on it and send it, or copy it and send it your own way.

No letters have been counted from the Chambers County page yet. Counted when the letter campaign confirms a delivery; letters copied and sent by hand are not counted.

November 1, 2026

Chambers County Commissioners Court

To the County Judge and Commissioners:

I live in Chambers County and I am writing about data center development here. I have set out below what public records show, each with where it comes from, and I have two questions for the court.

FracTracker Alliance's data center dataset lists 0 facilities in Chambers County and 1 within 25 miles of the county's center, by status as FracTracker records it. Data provided by FracTracker Alliance (2026). Accessed via https://www.fractracker.org/data-centers/ (Source: FracTracker Alliance data centers dataset, https://www.fractracker.org/data-centers/)

The Hood County Attorney's request to the Attorney General, docket RQ-0633-KP, has waited 251 days as of today and reads "Pending" on the Attorney General's website. (Source: Office of the Attorney General, request RQ-0633-KP status page, https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/requests/ken-paxton/rq-0633-kp)

Chambers County's adopted county tax rate was $0.513196 per $100 of value in 2021 and $0.467092 in 2025, a change of −9.0 percent. (Source: Texas Comptroller, property tax rates and levies files, https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/property-tax/rates/index.php)

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric delivers power in Chambers County, by EIA's Form 861 service territory file for 2024. (Source: EIA Form 861 service territories, as loaded by WalletShock, https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/)

EIA's statewide residential electricity average was 15.91 cents per kilowatt-hour in August 2026, against 15.40 cents per kilowatt-hour in August 2025, the same month a year earlier. (Source: EIA Electric Power Monthly, table 5.6.A, https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=epmt_5_6_a)

Chambers County's municipal water use was 7,162 acre-feet in 2024, in the Texas Water Development Board's estimates. (Source: Texas Water Development Board, historical water use estimates by county, https://www3.twdb.texas.gov/apps/SARA/reports/list)

1. Does the court intend to act on data center applications in Chambers County, and if so, on what schedule?

2. Hood County asked the Attorney General on February 23, 2026 whether a county may declare a moratorium on industrial development, and that request still reads "Pending" on the Attorney General's website. What does this court need from the Attorney General to decide its own course, and has it asked?

I would be grateful for a reply in writing. Every figure above is from the source named beside it, and the page I used is public at walletshock.org/tx.

Respectfully,

[your name]
Chambers County, Texas

Where to send it: the Chambers County Commissioners Court, as the county publishes it

The Chambers County Commissioners Court's published addresses have not been added yet; the campaign starts with Hood, Smith, Van Zandt and Bosque counties. Copy the letter and send it to the court through the county's website.

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