Commissioners push TCEQ for public meeting on Cedar Creek power plant
The Bastrop County Commissioners Court approved a resolution asking the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to hold a public meeting about Pacifico Energy’s proposed natural gas-fired power plant in Cedar Creek. The plant would support a 2,842-acre data center campus, and residents raised concerns about air emissions, cumulative pollution, noise and light pollution.
The Bastrop County Commissioners Court approved a resolution Oct. 13 requesting that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality hold a public meeting on Pacifico Energy’s proposed natural gas-fired power plant in Cedar Creek. The plant is intended to support a 2,842-acre data center campus in Bastrop County.
The county’s request asks TCEQ to address air emissions, cumulative environmental impacts, public notice and opportunities for residents to submit comments and technical questions. Residents, including Bastrop organizer John Bush of Lost Pines Watch, urged commissioners to take stronger action and said more than 200 people had already requested a public meeting without receiving a response.