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Montgomery County, TX

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County
Montgomery County
Congressional district
TX-08
Metro area
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
School district
Conroe Independent School District

Items BLS does not publish at the metro level fall back to the division, region or nation and say so on their row.

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 2026-11-02. 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 $40,000 to TX-08'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-08's House candidates and Texas's Senate candidates through FEC candidate committee records.

House, TX-08

$40,000 across 3 tracked gifts.

Senate, Texas

$110,000 across 11 tracked gifts.

Stock trades by TX-08's member

No disclosed trades in these companies by TX-08's member in the QPQ Tracker's records.

Data centers and schools

Data centers within 25 miles of your location and in Montgomery County, TX. Spending per pupil for CONROE IND SCH DIST 902 (NCES 4815000).

Data centers

2 facilities within 25 miles

2 facilities within 25 miles: 1 expanding, 1 proposed.

  • Your location
  • Expanding
  • Proposed
Data centers within 25 miles and in Montgomery County, TX
FacilityStatusOperatorSizePowerCoolingPushbackMilesSource
Willis Data Center
Willis, Montgomery County, TX
ProposedUnknown9.2link
Serverfarm Data Center (CTX 1, CTX 2)
Houston, Harris County, TX
Expanding40-100Unknown21.2link

School spending

$10,753 per pupil

Current spending, FY2024, 72,352 students enrolled.

+56.7% since FY2013

Spending per pupil rose +56.7% from FY2013 to FY2024 ($6,860 to $10,753), 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

Conroe, 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-08 House candidates received $40,000 across 3 tracked gifts from PACs of the industries behind this basket: Valero Energy Corporation Political Action Committee $17,500 to Brady for Congress; Duke Energy Corporation PAC $15,000 to Brady for Congress; ExxonMobil PAC $7,500 to Texans for Morgan Luttrell.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.; American Petroleum Institute PAC $10,000 to Ted Cruz for Senate.10

Energy

Electricity: CenterPoint Energy delivers power in Montgomery 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: 2 facilities within 25 miles (1 expanding, 1 proposed). Nearest: Willis Data Center, 9.2 miles.13

School spending

School spending: CONROE IND SCH DIST 902 spent $10,753 per pupil in FY2024, up 56.7% from $6,860 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 Montgomery County

Hood County's question to the Attorney General, whether a county may pause industrial development, has waited 253 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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.

Montgomery County's adopted county tax rate was $0.4083 per $100 of value in 2021 and $0.377 in 2025, a change of −7.7 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 Montgomery 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
Montgomery$0.4083$0.3742$0.3696$0.379$0.377−7.7 percent
Cities
Cleveland(split)$0.755$0.715$0.77$0.77$0.63−16.6 percent
Conroe$0.4375$0.4272$0.4272$0.4272$0.4272−2.4 percent
Houston(split)$0.55083$0.53364$0.51919$0.51919$0.51919−5.7 percent
Magnolia$0.4051$0.3813$0.2948$0.2509$0.2277−43.8 percent
Montgomery$0.4$0.4$0.4$0.4$0.40.0 percent
Oak Ridge North$0.4723$0.4248$0.4043$0.4408$0.4268−9.6 percent
Panorama Village$0.6534$0.6$0.5612$0.5513$0.537−17.8 percent
Patton Village$0.2558$0.3263$0.2979$0.324$0.3139+22.7 percent
Roman Forest$0.6561$0.6054$0.5197$0.5197$0.5475−16.6 percent
Shenandoah$0.1799$0.1477$0.1449$0.1421$0.1821+1.2 percent
Splendora$0.3423$0.3423$0.3423$0.3673$0.4178+22.1 percent
Stagecoach$0.4367$0.3912$0.3738$0.3626$0.3492−20.0 percent
The Woodlands Township$0.2231$0.185$0.1714——−23.2 percent
Willis$0.5683$0.5556$0.5117$0.5087$0.5518−2.9 percent
Woodbranch Village$0.3067$0.2712$0.241$0.2295$0.2363−23.0 percent
Woodloch$0.3361$0.34$0.2177$0.229096$0.25−25.6 percent
School districts
Cleveland ISD(split)$1.247$1.2118$1.0264$1.0241$1.0241−17.9 percent
Conroe ISD$1.176$1.1146$0.9621$0.9496$0.9496−19.3 percent
Humble ISD(split)$1.3389$1.2929$1.1075$1.1052$1.1052−17.5 percent
Magnolia ISD$1.1872$1.1472$0.9638$0.9595$0.9583−19.3 percent
Montgomery ISD$1.26$1.2289$1.0487$1.0912$1.0912−13.4 percent
New Caney ISD(split)$1.4603$1.443$1.2575$1.2552—−14.0 percent
Richards ISD(split)$1.077$1.0384$0.827$0.8285$0.8015−25.6 percent
Splendora ISD$1.4055$1.3881$1.2122$1.2552$1.2547−10.7 percent
Tomball ISD(split)$1.25$1.23$1.0652$1.0629$1.0629−15.0 percent
Willis ISD(split)$1.172$1.1546$1.0002$1.0349$1.0349−11.7 percent
Special districts
Airport Road MUD————$1.35—
Audubon MUD #1 *$1.15$1.15$0.93$0.68235$0.0−100.0 percent
Audubon MUD #2 *$0.0$1.15$1.15$1.15$0.0—
Audubon MUD #3 *$0.0$0.0$0.0$0.0$0.0—
Audubon MUD #4 *$0.0$0.0$0.0$0.0$0.0—
Audubon WCID *$0.3$0.3$1.5$0.3$0.0−100.0 percent
Blaketree MUD #1$1.25$1.2$1.1$1.0$0.95−24.0 percent
Chateau Woods MUD$0.3315$0.31$0.2775$0.2775$0.2766−16.6 percent
Cleveland MUD #1$0.75$0.75$0.75$0.75$0.750.0 percent
Clover Creek MUD *$1.12$1.12$1.06$1.12$0.0−100.0 percent
Colton MUD #1 *——$0.0$0.0$0.0—
Colton MUD #2——$0.0$0.0$1.5—
Conroe MMD #1$0.9$0.6$0.87$0.86$0.855−5.0 percent
Conroe MMD #2$0.0$0.0$0.0$0.86$0.9—
Conroe MUD #1$0.6$0.6$0.6$0.6—0.0 percent
Corinthian Point MUD #2$0.4015$0.3753$0.361$0.5005$0.5288+31.7 percent
Decker Prairie MUD—$1.5$0.0$1.5$1.50.0 percent
East Montgomery County MUD #12$1.35$1.35$1.35$1.31$1.31−3.0 percent
East Montgomery County MUD #13——$0.0$1.5$1.5—
East Montgomery County MUD #13A——$0.0$0.0$1.5—
East Montgomery County MUD #14$0.0$0.0$0.0$1.5$1.5—
East Montgomery County MUD #14A *—$0.0$0.0———
East Montgomery County MUD #3$0.9$0.87$0.83$0.83$0.81−10.0 percent
East Montgomery County MUD #4$1.25$1.7$1.25$1.25$1.250.0 percent
East Montgomery County MUD #5$0.0——$1.3$1.3—
East Montgomery County MUD #6$1.24$1.24$1.17$1.24$1.17−5.6 percent
East Montgomery County MUD #7$1.3$1.3$1.3$1.3$1.30.0 percent
East Plantation Utility District$0.54$0.49$0.49$0.465$0.444−17.8 percent
Far Hills Utility District$0.67$0.64$0.64$0.638$0.61−9.0 percent
Grand Oaks MUD$0.95$0.89$0.8$0.8$0.8−15.8 percent
Harris-Montgomery Counties MD-DA—$0.25————
Harris-Montgomery County MUD #386(split)$0.49$0.45$0.45$0.49$0.43−12.2 percent
Kings Manor MUD(split)$0.63$0.57$0.549$0.9$0.53−15.9 percent
Lake Conroe Hills MUD$0.45$0.4382$0.434$0.434$0.429−4.7 percent
Lazy River Improvement District$0.4556$0.1424$0.1387$0.1468$0.1454−68.1 percent
Lone Star College System **(split)$0.1078$0.1078$0.1076$0.1076$0.106−1.7 percent
Magnolia East MUD (MME)$1.5$0.5775$0.5775$0.5775$0.5775−61.5 percent
Magnolia Woods MUD #3 *——$0.0$0.0$0.0—
Montgomery County DD #10$0.42$0.375$0.335$0.285$0.265−36.9 percent
Montgomery County DD #6$0.14$0.126$0.113$0.113$0.113−19.3 percent
Montgomery County ESD #1$0.1$0.0953$0.0986$0.1$0.10.0 percent
Montgomery County ESD #10$0.0987$0.0852$0.0879$0.0873$0.0922−6.6 percent
Montgomery County ESD #14$0.099$0.1$0.1$0.1$0.1+1.0 percent
Montgomery County ESD #2$0.0992$0.0948$0.1$0.1$0.1+0.8 percent
Montgomery County ESD #3$0.1$0.1$0.1$0.1$0.10.0 percent
Montgomery County ESD #4$0.1$0.0946$0.0966$0.0986$0.0977−2.3 percent
Montgomery County ESD #6$0.1$0.0923$0.0934$0.1$0.10.0 percent
Montgomery County ESD #7$0.1$0.0901$0.0896$0.0975$0.10.0 percent
Montgomery County ESD #8$0.0999$0.0883$0.0866$0.0936$0.0937−6.2 percent
Montgomery County ESD #9$0.1$0.1$0.1$0.1$0.10.0 percent
Montgomery County FWSD #6$0.3185$0.2992$0.2781$0.5595$0.5985+87.9 percent
Montgomery County Hospital District$0.0567$0.0502$0.0498$0.0497$0.0473−16.6 percent
Montgomery County MUD #100 *$1.35$0.0$1.35$1.35$0.0−100.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #101 *——$0.0$0.0$0.0—
Montgomery County MUD #105$1.25$1.11$1.07496$0.73—−41.6 percent
Montgomery County MUD #107$0.59$0.53$0.46$0.42$0.37−37.3 percent
Montgomery County MUD #108$1.0375$1.0375$1.01$1.01$1.01−2.7 percent
Montgomery County MUD #110—$1.5$0.0$1.35$1.35−10.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #111 *$1.35$1.35$1.35$1.35$0.0−100.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #112$0.9$0.83$0.74$0.685$0.65−27.8 percent
Montgomery County MUD #113$0.83$0.765$0.64$0.56$0.55−33.7 percent
Montgomery County MUD #115$1.22$1.09$0.98$0.92—−24.6 percent
Montgomery County MUD #116 *——$0.0$0.0——
Montgomery County MUD #119$1.11$0.99$0.93$0.88$0.84−24.3 percent
Montgomery County MUD #121$0.99$0.94$0.855$0.83$0.765−22.7 percent
Montgomery County MUD #123 *$0.0$0.0$0.0$0.0$0.0—
Montgomery County MUD #125—$0.0$0.0$0.0$1.15—
Montgomery County MUD #126$0.9$0.9$0.9$0.88—−2.2 percent
Montgomery County MUD #127$1.35$1.35$1.35$1.35$1.350.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #128A$1.1$1.1$1.05838$1.07$1.03−6.4 percent
Montgomery County MUD #128B *——$0.0$0.0$0.0—
Montgomery County MUD #129—$0.0$0.0$1.1$1.1—
Montgomery County MUD #132$0.7$0.7$0.7$0.7$0.70.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #136————$1.3—
Montgomery County MUD #137$1.35$1.25$1.283$1.13—−16.3 percent
Montgomery County MUD #138$0.88$0.88$0.88$0.88$0.880.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #139$1.3$1.15$1.1$1.05$1.05−19.2 percent
Montgomery County MUD #140 *$0.72$1.25$0.89$1.25$0.0−100.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #141$1.33$1.28$1.26$1.23$1.22−8.3 percent
Montgomery County MUD #142$1.0$1.0$1.0$1.0$1.00.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #144$1.5$1.5$1.25$1.5$1.50.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #145$1.25$1.25$1.25$1.25$1.250.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #147 *$0.9$0.9$0.9$0.9$0.0−100.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #148 *$0.9$0.9$0.9$0.9$0.0−100.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #149$0.9$0.9$0.9$0.9$0.90.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #15$0.73$0.31$0.6363$0.6363$0.62−15.1 percent
Montgomery County MUD #150$1.35$1.35$1.35$1.35$1.350.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #151 *$1.35$1.35$1.35$1.35$0.0−100.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #152A *$0.0$0.0$0.0$1.1$0.0—
Montgomery County MUD #152B *—$0.0$0.0$1.1$0.0—
Montgomery County MUD #152C *—$0.0$0.0$0.0$0.0—
Montgomery County MUD #152D *—$0.0$0.0$0.0——
Montgomery County MUD #153————$1.45—
Montgomery County MUD #155 *—$0.0$0.0$1.0$0.0—
Montgomery County MUD #158 *—$0.0$1.35$1.35$0.0—
Montgomery County MUD #16 *$0.96$0.96$0.914$0.96$0.0−100.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #160$0.0$0.7$0.7$0.7$0.7—
Montgomery County MUD #162—$1.35$1.35$1.35$1.350.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #163 *$0.0$0.0$0.0———
Montgomery County MUD #164$1.35$1.88$1.35$1.35$1.350.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #165$1.35$1.35$1.35$1.35$1.350.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #166 *$1.35$1.35$1.35$1.37$0.0−100.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #170 *——$0.0$0.0$0.0—
Montgomery County MUD #171 *——$0.0$0.0$0.0—
Montgomery County MUD #172—$0.0$1.45$1.45$1.45—
Montgomery County MUD #173$0.0$0.0$0.0$0.0$1.35—
Montgomery County MUD #174$1.35$1.35$1.35$1.35$1.350.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #176—$0.0$1.15$1.15$1.15—
Montgomery County MUD #178$0.0$0.0$0.0$0.0$1.0—
Montgomery County MUD #18$0.29$0.26$0.232$0.2$0.17−41.4 percent
Montgomery County MUD #180$0.0$0.0$1.25$1.25$1.25—
Montgomery County MUD #181 *——$0.0$0.0$0.0—
Montgomery County MUD #183—$1.1$1.1$1.12$1.10.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #185—$0.0$1.5$1.5$1.5—
Montgomery County MUD #186 *$0.0$0.0$0.0———
Montgomery County MUD #187 *$0.0$0.0$0.0———
Montgomery County MUD #188 *$0.0$0.0$0.0———
Montgomery County MUD #189 *$0.0$0.0$0.0———
Montgomery County MUD #19$0.16703$0.16703$0.14498$0.13899$0.13552−18.9 percent
Montgomery County MUD #190 *$0.0$0.0$0.0———
Montgomery County MUD #191$1.35$1.35$1.35$1.35$1.350.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #192 *$0.0$0.0$0.0———
Montgomery County MUD #193————$1.3—
Montgomery County MUD #196—$0.0$0.5$0.5$0.5—
Montgomery County MUD #197 *—$0.0$1.5$1.5$0.0—
Montgomery County MUD #199—$1.5$1.5$1.5$1.50.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #201 *$0.0$0.0$1.3$1.3$0.0—
Montgomery County MUD #202A——$1.01$0.0$1.010.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #202B——$0.0$0.0$1.5—
Montgomery County MUD #206—$1.1$1.1$1.1$1.10.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #209—$1.25$0.0$1.25$1.250.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #211——$1.25$1.25$1.250.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #212——$1.5$1.5$1.50.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #213 *——$0.0$0.0$0.0—
Montgomery County MUD #215————$1.1—
Montgomery County MUD #218 *————$0.0—
Montgomery County MUD #220 *————$0.0—
Montgomery County MUD #224 *————$0.0—
Montgomery County MUD #238————$1.25—
Montgomery County MUD #24$1.12$1.12$1.12$1.12$1.120.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #36$0.036013$0.047291$0.044556$0.0429$0.0424+17.7 percent
Montgomery County MUD #38 *————$0.0—
Montgomery County MUD #39$0.3$0.2925$0.26$0.25$0.24−20.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #42$1.015$0.96$0.93$0.92$0.9−11.3 percent
Montgomery County MUD #46$0.20974$0.189$0.187287$0.181255$0.174633−16.7 percent
Montgomery County MUD #47$0.20925$0.195098$0.175991$0.166266$0.160684−23.2 percent
Montgomery County MUD #56$0.66$0.65$0.6$0.6$0.575−12.9 percent
Montgomery County MUD #6$0.075$0.077434$0.071842$0.069814$0.067108−10.5 percent
Montgomery County MUD #60$0.16$0.155$0.146038$0.13448$0.124965−21.9 percent
Montgomery County MUD #67$0.155$0.151359$0.147228$0.14$0.135−12.9 percent
Montgomery County MUD #7$0.115$0.1044$0.115302$0.110802$0.106585−7.3 percent
Montgomery County MUD #8$0.315$0.315$0.2974$0.293$0.288−8.6 percent
Montgomery County MUD #83 *$0.74$0.68$0.65$0.68$0.0−100.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #84 *$0.935$0.86$0.82$0.86$0.0−100.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #88$1.35$1.25$1.1$1.07$1.0−25.9 percent
Montgomery County MUD #89$0.71$0.64$0.59$0.555$0.555−21.8 percent
Montgomery County MUD #9$0.4$0.3853$0.378$0.373$0.37−7.5 percent
Montgomery County MUD #90$0.6$0.58$0.57$0.57$0.55−8.3 percent
Montgomery County MUD #92$0.6$0.6$0.58$0.58$0.58−3.3 percent
Montgomery County MUD #94$0.765$0.74$0.71$0.675$0.66−13.7 percent
Montgomery County MUD #95 *$1.16$1.13$1.095$1.0$0.0−100.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #96$1.48$1.42$1.3$1.42$1.3−12.2 percent
Montgomery County MUD #98 *$1.05$0.94$0.88$0.84$0.0−100.0 percent
Montgomery County MUD #99$1.04$1.04$1.015$1.015$1.015−2.4 percent
Montgomery County UD #2$0.475$0.46$0.46$0.455$0.445−6.3 percent
Montgomery County UD #3$0.09$0.086$0.082$0.1228$0.1451+61.2 percent
Montgomery County UD #4$0.1$0.12$0.12$0.13$0.15+50.0 percent
Montgomery County WCID #1$0.7476$0.7165$0.0$0.6469$0.7449−0.4 percent
Montgomery County WCID #205 *—$0.35$0.0$0.35$0.0−100.0 percent
Montgomery-Grimes Counties MUD #146B *(split)————$0.0—
Montgomery-Grimes Counties MUD #146C *(split)————$0.0—
Montgomery-Grimes Counties MUD #146D *(split)————$0.0—
New Caney MUD$0.465$0.75$0.375$0.425$0.425−8.6 percent
New Caney MUD - Hendricks Defined Area$0.4295$0.55$0.5$0.46$0.5+16.4 percent
Plum Creek MD #1A(split)——$1.0$1.0$1.25+25.0 percent
Point Aquarius MUD$0.43$0.43$0.43$0.4765$0.51+18.6 percent
Porter MUD$0.41$0.42$0.42$0.9537$0.4577+11.6 percent
Porter MUD-Auburn Trails Defined Area$0.7015$0.6151$0.567$0.5377$0.5389−23.2 percent
Porter MUD-Auburn Trails Defined Area #2$0.705$0.6325$0.55$0.52—−26.2 percent
Porter MUD-Hendricks Defined Area$1.06$1.0$0.95$0.975—−8.0 percent
Porter MUD-Montgomery Crossing DA—$0.0$0.0$0.0$0.7—
Porter MUD-Valley Ranch Defined Area *$0.0$0.0$0.0———
Rayford Road MUD$0.494$0.445$0.414$0.414$0.414−16.2 percent
River Plantation MUD$0.316$0.52$0.65$0.66$0.658+108.2 percent
Roman Forest Cons MUD$0.1172$0.2644$0.248$0.23$0.23+96.2 percent
Roman Forest Public Utility District #3$0.7476$0.605$0.605$0.680965$0.7037−5.9 percent
Roman Forest Public Utility District #4$1.1749$1.1749$1.1563$1.1563$1.0785−8.2 percent
Southeast Regional Management District$1.25$1.25———0.0 percent
Southeast Regional Management District(split)——$1.23$1.23$1.230.0 percent
Southeast Regional MD Defined Area #1(split)——$0.25—$0.250.0 percent
Southern Montgomery County MUD$0.16$0.16$0.16$0.1537$0.1167−27.1 percent
Spring Creek Utility District$0.97$0.91$0.885$0.885$0.88−9.3 percent
Stanley Lake MUD$0.53$0.46$0.43$0.4125$0.3975−25.0 percent
Texas National MUD$1.0988$1.0669$0.9587$0.9676$1.0261−6.6 percent
The Woodlands Township(split)———$0.1714$0.17140.0 percent
Valley Ranch Medical Center Mgmt Dist$0.0$0.44$0.0$0.5$0.5—
Valley Ranch MUD #1$1.1$1.06$1.0$1.0$1.0−9.1 percent
Valley Ranch Town Center Management$0.0$1.0$0.0$1.075$1.07—
Wood Trace MUD #1$1.28$1.22$1.15$1.08$1.0−21.9 percent
Woodlands Metro Center MUD$0.07$0.07$0.075$0.08$0.085+21.4 percent
Woodlands MUD #1$0.7$0.07$0.069546$0.067$0.0648−90.7 percent
Woodlands Road Utility District #1(split)$0.18$0.16$0.1216$0.1$0.05−72.2 percent
Woodmark PID *$0.0$0.0$0.0$0.0$0.0—
Woodridge MUD *$1.26$1.22$1.19$1.17$0.0−100.0 percent

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.

25 Chapter 312 abatement agreements the Comptroller lists for this county

  • Five Below with Montgomery County, 2021 to 2030 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Conroe Park North Industrial Park Reinvestment Zone · property value $6,400,000 · expires 2030-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004001

    • Montgomery County, all property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
  • VGXI Inc with Montgomery County, 2021 to 2030 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Montgomery County R.A. Deison Technology Reinvestment Zone · property value $1,958,560 · expires 2030-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004149

    • Montgomery County, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
  • Texas Tissue Concerting LLC with Conroe City, 2020 to 2029 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; City of Conroe Reinvestment Zone #3 · property value $2,744,280 · expires 2029-12-31 · Comptroller record 000003734

    • Conroe City, all property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 100%, year 5: 100%, year 7: 80%, year 8: 60%, year 9: 40%, year 10: 20%
  • Alight Solutions LLC with Montgomery County, 2020 to 2029 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Reinvestment Zone Montgomery County · property value $3,454,960 · expires 2029-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004224

    • Montgomery County, all property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
  • Old Dominion Freight Line Inc with Montgomery County, 2020 to 2027 (active)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Conroe Park North Industrial Park Reinvestment Zone · property value $2,257,628 · expires 2027-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004003

    • Montgomery County, all property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 8
  • Fed Ex Freight Inc & Scannell Property #292 LLC with Montgomery County, 2018 to 2025 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Conroe Park North Industrial Park Reinvestment Zone · property value $3,276,660 · expires 2025-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004000

    • Montgomery County (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 100%, year 5: 80%, year 7: 40%, year 8: 20%
    • Conroe City (participating taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 100%, year 5: 80%, year 6: 60%, year 7: 40%, year 8: 20%
  • Memstar USA Inc with Montgomery County, 2018 to 2025 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Conroe Park North Industrial Park Reinvestment Zone · property value $912,930 · expires 2025-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004002

    • Montgomery County (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 100%, year 5: 80%, year 7: 40%, year 8: 20%
    • Conroe City (participating taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 100%, year 5: 80%, year 6: 60%, year 7: 40%, year 8: 20%
  • Bauer-Pileco Inc with Montgomery County, 2018 to 2025 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Conroe Park North Industrial Park Reinvestment Zone · expires 2025-12-31 · Comptroller record 000003998

    • Montgomery County (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 100%, year 5: 80%, year 7: 40%, year 8: 20%
    • Conroe City (participating taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 80%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 40%, year 6: 20%
  • Memstar USA Inc with Conroe City, 2018 to 2025 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Conroe Park North Industrial Park Reinvestment Zone · property value $912,930 · expires 2025-12-31 · Comptroller record 000003995

    • Conroe City (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 100%, year 5: 80%, year 7: 40%, year 8: 20%
    • Montgomery County (participating taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 100%, year 5: 80%, year 6: 60%, year 7: 40%, year 8: 20%
  • Conroe RE 2019 LLC with Montgomery County, 2020 to 2025 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Conroe Park North Industrial Park Reinvestment Zone · property value $1,196,230 · expires 2025-12-31 · Comptroller record 000003999

    • Montgomery County, real property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 80%, year 3: 60%, year 4: 40%, year 5: 20%, year 7: 10%
  • Sala Real Property Estate& National Wire LLC& Romi with Montgomery County, 2018 to 2023 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; Expanding; Reinvestment Zone Montgomery County · property value $130,500 · expires 2023-12-31 · Comptroller record 000016685

    • Montgomery County, real property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 80%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 40%
    • Montgomery County, personal property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 80%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 40%
    • Montgomery County, personal property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 80%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 40%
  • Bauer Mfg. dba NEOrig with Montgomery County, 2018 to 2023 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; Expanding; Conroe Park North Industrial Park Reinvestment Zone · expires 2023-12-31 · Comptroller record 000003997

    • Montgomery County (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 80%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 40%, year 7: 20%
    • Conroe City (participating taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 80%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 40%, year 6: 20%
  • HL Champion Holding Company LLC & Exxon Mobil Corp with Montgomery County, 2014 to 2023 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; Relocating; Reinvestment Zone Montgomery County · property value $2,401,130 · expires 2023-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004225

    • Montgomery County (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
    • The Woodlands Township City (participating taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
    • Montgomery County Municipal Utility District #67 (participating taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
  • Anadarko Real Property LLC with Montgomery County, 2013 to 2022 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; Expanding; Conroe Park North Industrial Park Reinvestment Zone · property value $131,474,140 · expires 2022-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004282

    • Montgomery County (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
    • The Woodlands Metro Center Municipal Utility District (participating taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
    • Woodlands Road Utility District #1 (participating taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
    • The Woodlands Township City (participating taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
  • Galdisa USA Inc with Montgomery County, 2017 to 2022 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Conroe Park North Industrial Park Reinvestment Zone · property value $924,820 · expires 2022-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004649

    • Montgomery County (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 80%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 40%, year 7: 20%
  • RFL No.5 LP with Montgomery County, 2013 to 2022 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; Reinvestment Zone Montgomery County · expires 2022-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004842

    • Montgomery County (lead taxing unit): no percentage recorded
    • The Woodlands Metro Center Municipal Utility District (participating taxing unit): no percentage recorded
  • Ball Metal Beverage Container Corporation with Montgomery County, 2015 to 2022 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; Expanding; Reinvestment Zone Montgomery County · property value $5,763,290 · expires 2022-12-31 · Comptroller record 000016676

    • Montgomery County, real property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 80%, year 5: 60%, year 6: 40%, year 7: 20%, year 8: 20%
  • Chicago Bridge and Iron with Montgomery County, 2013 to 2022 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; Expanding; Reinvestment Zone Montgomery County · property value $15,697,410 · expires 2022-12-31 · Comptroller record 000016798

    • Montgomery County, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
    • Montgomery County, real property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
    • The Woodlands Metro Center Municipal Utility District, real property (participating taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
    • The Woodlands Metro Center Municipal Utility District, real property (participating taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
    • Woodlands Road Utility District #1, real property (participating taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
    • Woodlands Road Utility District #1, real property (participating taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
    • The Woodlands Township City, real property (participating taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
    • The Woodlands Township City, real property (participating taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 10
  • Newpark Drilling Fluids LLC with Conroe City, 2016 to 2021 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Conroe Park North Industrial Park Reinvestment Zone · property value $1,886,140 · expires 2021-12-03 · Comptroller record 000004648

    • Conroe City (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 80%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 40%, year 7: 20%
    • Montgomery County (participating taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 80%, year 4: 60%, year 5: 40%, year 6: 20%
  • Woodlands Land Development County & Kiewit Energy with Montgomery County, 2015 to 2021 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Reinvestment Zone Montgomery County · property value $1,500,992 · expires 2021-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004776

    • Montgomery County (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 100%, year 5: 75%, year 7: 25%
    • Woodlands Road Utility District #2 (participating taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 100%, year 5: 75%, year 6: 50%, year 7: 25%
    • The Woodlands Township City (participating taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 100%, year 5: 75%, year 6: 50%, year 7: 25%
  • One Hughes Landing LLC & Layne Christensen Company with Montgomery County, 2014 to 2020 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; Out of State; Reinvestment Zone Montgomery County · property value $1,405,600 · expires 2020-12-31 · Comptroller record 000016800

    • Montgomery County, real property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 100%, year 5: 75%, year 6: 50%, year 7: 25%
    • The Woodlands Township City, real property (participating taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 100%, year 5: 75%, year 6: 50%, year 7: 25%
    • Montgomery County Municipal Utility District #67, real property (participating taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 100%, year 4: 100%, year 5: 75%, year 6: 50%, year 7: 25%
  • Archway Pollock Ltd/ICOTEX with Montgomery County, 2018 to 2020 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Conroe Park North Industrial Park Reinvestment Zone · property value $914,760 · expires 2020-12-31 · Comptroller record 000016809

    • Montgomery County, personal property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 80%
    • Conroe City, personal property (participating taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 80%
  • Archway Pollock Ltd/ICOTEX with Conroe City, 2018 to 2020 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Conroe Park North Industrial Park Reinvestment Zone · property value $914,760 · expires 2020-12-31 · Comptroller record 000016807

    • Conroe City, real property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 80%
    • Montgomery County, real property (participating taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 80%
  • Go Offshore LLC with Montgomery County, 2015 to 2019 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Reinvestment Zone Montgomery County · property value $703,740 · expires 2019-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004775

    • Montgomery County, all property (lead taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 75%, year 4: 50%, year 5: 25%
    • Conroe City, all property (participating taxing unit): year 1: 100%, year 2: 100%, year 3: 75%, year 4: 50%, year 5: 25%
  • Dirk Laukien with Montgomery County, 2013 to 2019 (expired)

    Commercial/Industrial; New Business; Reinvestment Zone Montgomery County · property value $1,451,750 · expires 2019-12-31 · Comptroller record 000004774

    • Montgomery County, all property-all property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 7
    • Montgomery County, all property-all property (lead taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 7
    • The Woodlands Metro Center Municipal Utility District, all property-all property (participating taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 7
    • The Woodlands Metro Center Municipal Utility District, all property-all property (participating taxing unit): 100% of value abated for years 1 to 7

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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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 2, 2026, Power to Choose listed 147 fixed-rate offers for homes on CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric (174 offers in all). At 1,000 kilowatt-hours a month the lowest was 6.20 cents per kilowatt-hour and the median 13.10 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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

Montgomery County's municipal water use in 2024 was 102,956 acre-feet (98,996 from groundwater, 3,720 from surface water, 240 reuse), serving an estimated population of 749,613, in the Water Development Board's historical water use estimates. TWDB.

Water use by category in 2024, acre-feet

  • Municipal102,956
  • Manufacturing1,510
  • Mining89
  • Power6,509
  • Irrigation4,862
  • Livestock357

Whose groundwater district

The county's center point lies in the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District. TCEQ record.

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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery County page yet. Counted when the letter campaign confirms a delivery; letters copied and sent by hand are not counted.

November 3, 2026

Montgomery County Commissioners Court

To the County Judge and Commissioners:

I live in Montgomery 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 1 facility in Montgomery County and 2 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 253 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)

Montgomery County's adopted county tax rate was $0.4083 per $100 of value in 2021 and $0.377 in 2025, a change of −7.7 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 Montgomery 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)

Montgomery County's municipal water use was 102,956 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 Montgomery 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]
Montgomery County, Texas

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

The Montgomery 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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