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U.S. Energy Department Finalizes $3.3B Loan to Texas Utility
The financing will support 2,800 miles of new transmission lines and nearly 100 projects, with DOE estimating $685 million in customer savings over 30 years.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Energy finalized a $3.26 billion loan to AEP Texas to deploy 2,800 miles of high-capacity transmission lines across the Lone Star State, aiming to fuel domestic industrial growth.
- The Trump Administration's Energy Dominance Financing Program awarded the funding, replacing the Biden-era Loan Programs Office with mandates prioritizing grid reliability and heavy industrial upgrades over previous emissions-reduction goals.
- Federal financing will support nearly 100 projects, saving ratepayers an estimated $685 million over 30 years while serving industrial hubs from West Texas to the Rio Grande Valley.
- AEP Texas has signed agreements to service 41 gigawatts of new industrial load by 2030, while the Electric Reliability Council of Texas forecasted summer peak demand could reach 92.2 gigawatts.
- This marks the third utility agreement under the current program, following a $26.5 billion Southern Company loan in February; conversely, the administration recently canceled a $4.9 billion conditional guarantee for the Grain Belt Express project.
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U.S. Energy Department finalizes $3.3B loan to Texas utility
(The Center Square) - The U.S. Department of Energy Wednesday announced it has finalized a $3.26 billion loan to utility AEP Texas, a subsidiary of American Electric Power, or AEP, to fund the deployment of 2,800 miles of high-capacity transmission…
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (July 8, 2026) – AEP Texas, a subsidiary of American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP), has entered into an agreement for a loan of up to $3.26 billion from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) to help fund infrastructure investments to improve resiliency and deliver an estimated $685…
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