Case File 26-0847
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Presentation and discussion on the proposed Housing Strategy, a key deliverable of the Comprehensive Plan update, Envision El Paso. The update will cover an overview Housing deliverable scope of work, a review of the housing needs assessment, and the proposed Housing Strategy for implementation.
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Check El Paso's data center rate rider meeting compliance
Why now: Case File 26-0847: the July 20, 2026 work session placed a new data center's electric rate rider in executive session alongside economic development items, the same meeting Council also voted to continue intervening in utility rate filings on ratepayers' behalf.
What to do: Confirm the executive-session discussion of the new data center's electric rate rider stayed within Texas Open Meetings Act Section 551.087 (economic development negotiations) and that any final rate terms were adopted by recorded vote in open session — rate-setting deliberations can fall outside that closed-session exception and create a challengeable defect.
Act before: After Council votes on the rate rider terms in open session
Review El Paso's new data center policy framework
Why now: Case File 26-0847: on July 20, 2026 Council approved the Data Center Policy Framework and, in executive session at the same meeting, discussed a new data center's electric rate rider.
What to do: Pull the full text of the Data Center Policy Framework Council just approved — it will set the siting and permitting rules for any data center project you bring forward in El Paso. A competing project's electric rate rider was negotiated the same day in executive session, so an incentive benchmark may already exist before you even file.
Act before: After the first project application is filed under the new framework
Identify the data center behind El Paso's secret rate deal
Why now: Case File 26-0847: Council's July 20, 2026 work session addressed 'a new data center's electric rate rider' in executive session while separately passing a resolution to continue intervening in utility rate filings on behalf of ratepayers.
What to do: File a records request for the company name and terms of the electric rate rider Council discussed behind closed doors on July 20 — the same meeting the City voted to keep fighting utility rate hikes for ordinary ratepayers, which raises the question of whether one company got a break the public didn't.
Act before: After records request response (typically 10 business days)
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Presentation and discussion on the proposed Housing Strategy, a key deliverable of the Comprehensive Plan update, Envision El Paso. The update will cover an overview Housing deliverable scope of work, a review of the housing needs assessment, and the proposed Housing Strategy for implementation.