A new gas power plant in Baytown from NRG Energy will receive hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money as part of a loan from the state, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/09/26/531996/new-nrg-gas-facility-in-baytown-receives-562-million-state-loan/

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The Texas Energy Fund was created in 2023 with the goal of jump-starting the construction of more natural gas power plants. But in the two years since, experts say the energy market has turned against the development of such plants.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/08/26/529475/texas-7-2-billion-loan-program-for-gas-power-plants-has-approved-two-projects-in-two-years/

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NRG Energy has secured a multimillion-dollar state loan to construct two new natural gas units at a power plant in Houston.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/08/06/528002/nrg-energy-receives-up-to-216m-state-loan-to-construct-two-houston-natural-gas-facilities/

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Houston-based NRG Energy has announced a venture to build four new natural gas power plants in the U.S. to power artificial intelligence data centers, with some slated for Texas.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/03/05/515340/nrg-energy-announces-plans-for-4-new-natural-gas-plants-to-power-a-i/

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