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CLM-001 · Project scale · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Pacifico's August air application states 1,326 MW of total maximum nominal electrical output across 48 turbines; Appendix A's more precise per-model ratings sum to 1,325.76 MW. Its earlier JETI filing described 710 MW of site-rated redundant power supporting approximately 490 MW of associated IT load; the released record does not reconcile those different capacity measures.

Verified filing contentConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0001, DOC-0008, DOC-0051

Page findings

FND-001, FND-002, FND-014, FND-029, FND-030

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain Pacifico's reconciliation of maximum nominal output, site-rated redundant power, delivered capacity, IT load, export capability, and interconnection.

CLM-002 · Turbines and controls · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Pacifico's air application identifies 48 simple-cycle natural-gas turbines across six model families, with selective catalytic reduction and oxidation catalysts used on applicable units. Its annual totals use model-specific operating schedules and startup/shutdown counts while saying those scenarios are not limits on actual operations.

Applicant statementConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0051

Page findings

FND-029, FND-030, FND-031

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain the final approved unit and stack schedule, enforceable source-wide limits, monitoring method, and reconciliation of modeled schedules with the application's non-limiting disclaimers.

CLM-003 · Cumulative development · Regional

The concentration of AUS02, EDCAUS11, EDCAUS12, and Pacifico indicates an emerging data-center and energy-infrastructure corridor along FM 535.

Engineering inferenceConfidence: Medium
Source records

DOC-0002, DOC-0003, DOC-0004, DOC-0008

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Identify related campuses, substations, pipelines, utility upgrades, water demands, and backup-generation permits.

CLM-004 · Wildfire · Regional

Authoritative state sources document severe wildfire history and fuels capable of extreme behavior in the Lost Pines region.

Verified general conditionConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0005, DOC-0006, DOC-0007

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Overlay verified project geometry with authoritative fuels, winds, historic fire perimeters, roads, and community receptors.

CLM-005 · Emergency response · Regional

Local industrial and wildfire response capacity may be constrained by the scale and concentration of proposed development.

Open hypothesisConfidence: Unknown
Source records

None yet

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain jurisdiction, staffing, apparatus, response-time, foam, mutual-aid, and pre-incident-planning records.

CLM-006 · Project characterization · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Supplement 1 limits Pacifico’s JETI project to the gas-fired generation facility and excludes the separately described data center from qualified investment and property.

Verified filing contentConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0008

Page findings

FND-012, FND-013, FND-014

What would strengthen or change this

Test the asserted separation against ownership, affiliate, contract, site-plan, and behind-the-meter electrical records.

CLM-007 · JETI compelling factor · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Pacifico says the Bastrop investment depends on JETI and Chapter 312 incentives, but the public supplement does not disclose the comparative financial evidence needed to independently test that claim.

Applicant statementConfidence: Medium
Source records

DOC-0008

Page findings

FND-015

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain non-confidential Comptroller correspondence and independently reconstruct the competing-site comparison.

CLM-008 · Ohio alternative · Pacifico Cedar Creek

On the public record, Muhlenberg Township is a paused and contingent possibility rather than a presently actionable competing site.

Engineering inferenceConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0008

Page findings

FND-016

What would strengthen or change this

Archive the moratorium, minutes, zoning records, site-control evidence, and any proof of a binding competing offer.

CLM-009 · Economic revisions · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Supplement 1 retains 25 permanent jobs but reduces estimated starting annual permanent payroll from about $6.2 million to about $3.5 million.

Independent cross-checkConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0001, DOC-0008

Page findings

FND-018, FND-019, FND-020, FND-021, FND-022, FND-023

What would strengthen or change this

Reconcile every changed assumption and distinguish incentive-adjusted collections from the no-incentive projection.

CLM-010 · Current JETI law · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Government Code §403.609(b)(3) still requires the Comptroller to find that an agreement is a compelling factor and that the investment would not occur in Texas without it.

Verified legal recordConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0052, DOC-0053

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Track any future statutory change; do not treat failed SB 2322 as enacted law.

CLM-011 · Air-permit integrity · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Texas rules and EPA guidance make full-buildout disclosure, source scope, and enforceable potential-to-emit limits necessary decision questions; this is not a finding that Pacifico has already used permit segmentation.

Independent cross-checkConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0009, DOC-0010, DOC-0001, DOC-0008, DOC-0051, DOC-0055, DOC-0056

Page findings

FND-008, FND-014, FND-031

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain TCEQ's final technical review and written eligibility determination showing how all turbines, generators, phases, affiliated operations, and co-located load were treated.

CLM-012 · Construction stormwater · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Black Chamber Partners and Pacifico CCK Energy 1 hold active construction-stormwater authorizations covering 304 and 173.54 acres respectively at the shared B&W Ranch regulated site.

Verified government recordConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0015, DOC-0016

Page findings

FND-033

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain both complete NOIs, Black Chamber’s July 15 Notice of Change, and every SWP3 map, civil sheet, grading plan, and drainage plan in agency or county possession.

CLM-013 · Data-center developer · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Black Chamber Partners is the best-supported data-center-side operator because TCEQ identifies it as the construction-stormwater operator for the 304-acre BCG Cedar Creek Campus. BlackChamber Group separately describes a digital-infrastructure development business; the exact affiliate, fund, final owner and prospective customer remain undisclosed.

Strong inferenceConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0015, DOC-0021

Page findings

FND-033

What would strengthen or change this

Test the role against county owner-agent forms, site-control instruments, grading plans, financing records, utility studies, and tenant or offtake agreements.

CLM-014 · Water service · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Aqua WSC tabled Pacifico Energy Development’s large-volume water-service request and required a revised feasibility study after staff identified the development as a data center.

Verified government recordConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0017, DOC-0001

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain the approved August minutes, Resolution 26.09.01, the proposed agreement, complete application, engineering comments, cost allocation and landowner authorization before Aqua considers the request September 1.

CLM-015 · Project structuring · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Pacifico registered a Cedar Creek holding company on May 6 and the power-side construction operator on June 17, one day before the reported county grading and abatement filings.

Verified government recordConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0018, DOC-0019, DOC-0020

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain formation and ownership records sufficient to establish the entity chain, financing roles, contractual site control, and any guarantees among the project companies.

CLM-016 · Public subsidy · Pacifico Cedar Creek

The original JETI filing sought 100% Chapter 312 abatements from Bastrop County, ESD No. 1, and ESD No. 3 for 2029–2038, together with a ten-year Bastrop ISD taxable-value limitation. The released filings do not publish a consolidated, reproducible total for the requested relief. County records confirm the Chapter 312 requests were withdrawn; Pacifico says it also withdrew JETI J0049.

Independent cross-checkConfidence: Medium
Source records

DOC-0001, DOC-0008

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain both county applications, draft agreements, eligible-value schedules, fiscal reviews, final rates, and the data-center-side incentive model.

CLM-017 · Ohio alternative · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Official township minutes show that Pacifico had requested blank forms but filed no zoning or variance application before Muhlenberg Township imposed its one-year data-center moratorium.

Independent cross-checkConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0008, DOC-0022, DOC-0023

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Ask the Comptroller to test whether the Ohio location was a genuinely executable alternative capable of satisfying the JETI compelling-factor requirement.

CLM-018 · Pipeline constraints · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Railroad Commission mapping shows four active transmission corridors crossing the listed parcels: two natural-gas systems, one crude-oil line, and one highly volatile-liquids line.

GIS screening resultConfidence: Medium
Source records

DOC-0025

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain surveyed easements, operator records, crossing and setback plans, emergency coordination, and any gas lateral or metering-station application.

CLM-019 · Air-permit status · Pacifico Cedar Creek

TCEQ still listed Pacifico Air Registration 185019 / Project 413471 as PENDING when checked August 30. The deficiency cycle closed August 26, a Final Package Rework Cycle opened that day, and the subsequently released application identifies 48 turbines and states 1,326 MW of maximum nominal output.

Verified pending registrationConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0049, DOC-0051

Page findings

FND-030

What would strengthen or change this

Submit written technical objections for association with the project file, monitor the legislatively requested public meeting, and track the mailing date of any written approval for the Motion-to-Overturn deadline.

CLM-020 · Government relations · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Texas Ethics Commission disclosures show Pacifico Energy retained Austin lobbyist Jay P. Brown beginning August 14, 2025 and renewed the engagement for 2026.

Verified government disclosureConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0026, DOC-0027

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Track future disclosures and obtain public communications or meeting records involving project entities while avoiding unsupported inferences about official conduct.

CLM-021 · Water-service decision · Pacifico Cedar Creek

After tabling Resolution 26.08.02 on August 4, Aqua WSC placed Pacifico's Large Volume Water Service request back on its September 1 agenda as Item 6 under Resolution 26.09.01. The new resolution and proposed agreement are not publicly available.

Verified government recordConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0028, DOC-0034, DOC-0050

Page findings

FND-027

What would strengthen or change this

Attend September 1, ask Aqua to table Item 6, and require publication of Resolution 26.09.01, the proposed service agreement, current demand, customer authority, infrastructure requirements and cost allocation before any vote.

CLM-026 · Water-system capacity · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Garver reports existing supply and firm pumping below the capacity ratios cited in its study and makes service to Pacifico's requested 14-gpm peak contingent on completion of Watterson-area wells, treatment, pumping, storage and approach-main projects.

Verified engineering recordConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0034, DOC-0035

Page findings

FND-024, FND-025, FND-028

What would strengthen or change this

Publish a project-by-project CIP schedule, funding and cost allocation, completion evidence, operating permits and a common in-service date for every prerequisite.

CLM-027 · Conceptual campus design · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Aqua's open-record productions contain materially different February and May concept plans. The superseded February sheet shows two large data-center buildings and a compact power block; the May sheet shows four narrower buildings—two marked future—and a lengthened power block. This documents a redesign, not a final approved plan or a formal phase sequence.

Primary drawing with labeled interpretationConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0035, DOC-0037

Page findings

FND-026, FND-028

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain the final site plan, turbine and BESS schedules, building load allocation, cooling design, utility plan, grading sheets and phase schedule.

CLM-022 · AUS02 occupant identity · AUS02

The Texas Comptroller's qualifying-large-data-center register identifies CoreWeave as the occupant of EdgeConneX AU02, DFW33220N as owner, and DFW33220N Operations 1 as operator.

Verified government recordConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0002, DOC-0029

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Confirm commercial opening, operating load, water demand, backup-generation inventory, and compliance with the related county abatement and state sales-tax-exemption requirements.

CLM-023 · Data-center sales-tax exemption · AUS02

EdgeConneX AU02 and ECX AUS11-16 appear in the state's qualifying-large-data-center register, a program that provides a 20-year sales-and-use-tax exemption on qualifying purchases subject to statutory requirements.

Verified government program recordConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0029, DOC-0030, DOC-0031

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain certification materials that are public, track five-year investment and job verification, and distinguish these sales-tax exemptions from Pacifico's separate JETI and Chapter 312 requests.

CLM-024 · Pacifico air-permit comparison · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Pacifico's separate GW Ranch TCEQ record identifies 35 simple-cycle turbines and uses a different permit pathway. Cedar Creek's now-released application identifies 48 turbines; comparing the projects remains useful only when their different configurations, source classifications, and authorization paths are kept explicit.

Verified separate-project comparisonConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0032, DOC-0051

Page findings

FND-030

What would strengthen or change this

Compare the final Cedar Creek technical review with the GW Ranch record without treating a separate project's terms as controlling precedent.

CLM-025 · Pacifico water-source track record · Pacifico Cedar Creek

At Pacifico's separate Fort Spunky project in Hood County, commissioners revoked a concept plan after the proposed utility water source fell through; Pacifico then sued the county, and the case remained pending when reported.

Independent separate-project contextConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0033

Page findings

None yet

What would strengthen or change this

Treat this as due-diligence context—not evidence about Cedar Creek impacts—and require a definitive, publicly documented Cedar Creek water source before local approval.

CLM-028 · Retirement capital and project financing · Pacifico Cedar Creek

TMRS reports $50 million and $100 million commitments to two BlackChamber real-estate funds. Separately, TCEQ identifies Black Chamber Partners as the construction-stormwater operator for the BCG Cedar Creek Campus. No cited public record establishes that either TMRS-backed fund finances Cedar Creek.

Separate verified records; project link unverifiedConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0057, DOC-0015

Page findings

FND-032, FND-033

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain project-company, fund, lender, site-control and tenant records before asserting any project-level financing connection.

CLM-029 · Current project-capacity reconciliation · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Pacifico now says its earlier JETI figures are out of date and describes approximately 1,100 MW of total nameplate generation and approximately 770 MW delivered to the customer. Those measures may differ legitimately from maximum nominal output, but the released record still does not reconcile them with the air application's 48 turbines, 1,326-MW stated total and 1,325.76-MW Appendix A sum, the earlier 710 MW of site-rated redundant power, or approximately 490 MW of IT load.

Applicant response relayed by elected official's office; public filings unreconciledConfidence: High as to the relayed statement; unresolved as to current build
Source records

DOC-0001, DOC-0008, DOC-0051, DOC-0058

Page findings

FND-002, FND-014, FND-030, FND-034

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain one dated, current project description defining every capacity measure, equipment to be built, customer delivery, IT load, redundancy, phases, and interconnection.

CLM-030 · ORC scope and PSD classification · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Earlier JETI and Aqua records included ORC equipment. TCEQ's June 23 correspondence records an initial staff and technical-management position favoring a named-source classification for the facility if configured with the proposed ORC; on August 11 the reviewer referred the issue to the Office of Legal Services after the proposed path did not clear. The August 14 turbine-only application omits the ORC, and the released record reviewed does not establish whether it was permanently abandoned, deferred, or omitted, or disclose the operative OLS conclusion.

Released record shows unresolved prefiling issueConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0001, DOC-0035, DOC-0051, DOC-0059, DOC-0060

Page findings

FND-006, FND-026, FND-035, FND-036, FND-037

What would strengthen or change this

Obtain Pacifico's dated scope decision and TCEQ's final OLS and eligibility determinations; if ORC was deferred, require project-scope and segmentation analysis.

CLM-031 · Source accuracy in ORC white paper · Pacifico Cedar Creek

Pacifico's clean revised ORC white paper adds the unmarked words “in combustion exhaust” inside a sentence presented as a direct quotation from EPA. Pacifico's supplied redline and EPA's publication use “using waste heat.” The records reviewed do not identify the editor or establish intent, and the discrepancy does not by itself decide the applicable PSD threshold.

Exact primary-source comparisonConfidence: High
Source records

DOC-0061, DOC-0062, DOC-0063

Page findings

FND-038, FND-039, FND-040

What would strengthen or change this

Correct the quotation and require the legal and technical review to use EPA's actual text and the project's actual equipment.