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Amazon Data Services large load at Comanche Peak nuclear plant (net metering application)
Amazon Data Services, Inc. (large-load customer); Comanche Peak Power Company LLC (generation applicant) (PUC Docket 59399 / ERCOT study)
- Status
- Proposed / in development (PUC net-metering approval pending)
- Developer / parties
- Amazon Data Services, Inc. (large-load customer); Comanche Peak Power Company LLC (generation applicant) (PUC Docket 59399 / ERCOT study)
- Location
- Not stated in the sources opened (Somervell County), Somervell County
- Size
- New 1,200 MW large load netted with the ~2,400 MW Comanche Peak nuclear plant; first 100 MW energized around Oct 2027 and all 1,200 MW around Oct 2031, per the energization schedule Amazon submitted to ERCOT (ERCOT study report, PUC Docket 59399)
- Investment
- Amazon is building a $5 billion data center project near the plant (per Utility Dive, Aug 10 2026; not stated in the PUC filing)
- Concerns / impacts
- PowerGrabTX reports a United Cooperative Services member-owner filed a public comment Nov 1 2026 objecting on transmission-impact and ratepayer-cost grounds (news; comment not opened). ERCOT's filing says the Amazon load may still be curtailed in emergencies and describes proposed conditions on curtailment (official)
- Last verified
- 2026-11-03
Milestones
- Feb 19 2026 Comanche Peak Power Company filed an application with the PUC for approval of a net metering arrangement with a new 1,200 MW large load (official, ERCOT filing in Docket 59399)
- May 19 2026 application amended to name Amazon Data Services, Inc. as the large-load customer, located in Somervell County (official)
- Jun 15 2026 ERCOT filed notice that it had the information needed to begin its study (official)
- Oct 13 2026 ERCOT filed its study results and recommendations with the PUC (Item 53, Docket 59399; official)
- Utility Dive reported Aug 10 2026 that Vistra and Amazon have a 20-year power purchase agreement for 1.2 GW from the plant with deliveries from 2027 (news, citing a Vistra earnings call)
- PowerGrabTX reported Nov 2 2026 that PUC staff filed Oct 30 recommending approval subject to ERCOT's conditions, that the PUC canceled the hearing and is deciding on written filings, and that a vote by the commission is the next step (news; the staff filing itself was not opened)
Linked power & water
Power
- Official record Comanche Peak nuclear plant (~2,400 MW) netted with the Amazon load: ERCOT's study says the Amazon load will sit behind the same ERCOT settlement meter facilities as Comanche Peak and be netted with it; the area is dually certificated to United Cooperative Services and Texas-New Mexico Power (PUC Docket 59399, Item 53). interchange.puc.texas.gov ↗
Land, jobs & economic impact
Related records
PowerGrabTX: PUC staff filed Oct 30 in Docket 59399 recommending approval subject to ERCOT's conditions; decision on written filings, no hearing (staff filing not opened).
Source: powergrabtx.com ↗ERCOT filed its study of the Comanche Peak Power Company and Amazon net metering arrangement (new 1,200 MW load; PUC Docket 59399, Item 53); report proposes conditions including emergency curtailment.
Source: interchange.puc.texas.gov ↗Utility Dive: Vistra executives say the 1.2 GW Amazon deal at Comanche Peak is not expected to be affected by the Texas pause; Amazon is building a $5B data center near the plant.
Source: utilitydive.com ↗Sources
- Official record interchange.puc.texas.gov
- News report utilitydive.com
- News report powergrabtx.com
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