A Chevron Texas Power Plant Seeks School District Tax Break

Chevron subsidiary Energy Forge One is seeking a Texas school-district tax abatement to build a gas-fired power plant in West Texas.

The plant would power a data center directly, not the grid, with Microsoft reportedly in talks as a possible customer.

Texas officials and the local school board have backed the request, while Chevron says any incentive would apply only to the generation facility.

The proposal underscores how states are using tax breaks to support private data-center power projects, raising concerns about public subsidies, taxes, demand, and emissions.