Parker County Data — Pro Populo
Citizen-research on the Black Mountain Power LLC data-center project, the Fort Worth Power Core LLC statewide gas-plant network, and what they will cost Parker families. Mirrored on henrylee.vote; sourced and reproducible.
Resources
Interactive map
Toggle layers, click any Texas county for source-cited detail. Three switchable basemaps, six toggleable data layers, zoom + pan.
Open the map →
Presentation deck
16-slide HTML deck for the June 8, 2026 Parker County Commissioners Court. Keyboard navigation, print-to-PDF supported.
Open the slides →
Full source code & data
R scripts, CSVs, PDFs, SQL — every number on this page traces to a file in the repository.
Browse on GitHub →
What's in scope
- 2,075 acres at 501 Pearson Ranch Road — assembled under Black Mountain Power LLC. Parker County Appraisal District stripped the agricultural exemption on May 15, 2026.
- 75-megawatt natural-gas power plant — five turbines, 24/7 continuous operation. Approved by TCEQ in 2.5 weeks with no public process.
- Statewide context — the same operator (Fort Worth Power Core LLC) holds TCEQ air permits at 14 sites across 11 Texas counties. Parker is one of fourteen.
- Resident cost — under the standard 80% Chapter 312 abatement, each Weatherford ISD homestead would absorb $3,523 (Phase 1) to $47,199 (full Buildout) over the 10-year abatement period.
- State-law constraint — HB 3 and SB 2 cap how fast local jurisdictions can raise rates. Most of the foregone revenue mathematically becomes service cuts (schools, county roads, hospital district, ESDs), not rate hikes.
About this mirror
This page is a mirror of parker-data-pro-populo.github.io/data-center-surface-datarun/, hosted on henrylee.vote for local discoverability. All interactive content (map, slides, repository) is served from the canonical GitHub Pages site. The mirror reflects the state of the project as of June 2, 2026.