Contact the Commissioners Court and County Judge Greg Henington
Ask them to:
- Reject this project and agree to sign no secrecy agreements (NDAs).
- Pass rules now that keep projects like this out of the Big Bend — a formal resolution opposing this project, with the county ready to challenge its state air and water permits.
- Not just rules for how they’re built: an independent water study before any development plans, and firm limits on water, noise and lighting.
- Update the county’s lighting ordinance to cover construction projects. Today it exempts temporary construction lighting, and a buildout like this could run 5–7 years.
Brewster County Commissioners Court
P.O. Box 1630, Alpine, TX 79831
Meets at the Brewster County Courthouse, 201 W. Ave. E, Alpine
Reach the court through the County Judge’s office
County Judge Greg Henington
Your county commissioner
Pct. 1 Jim Westermann · Pct. 2 Sara Colando
Pct. 3 Ruben Ortega · Pct. 4 Mo Morrow
Reach them through the County Judge’s office.
A message you can make your own
Dear Judge Henington and Commissioners,
I’m writing as a [resident / landowner / business owner] in [your town] to ask you to reject the gas power plant and AI data center Pacifico Energy has proposed for the Ahern Ranch near the Glass Mountains.
Pacifico’s own model, its Pecos County plant, is permitted to be bigger than any U.S. power plant and to release up to 33 million tons of greenhouse gases a year. Pacifico has named no water source in a county that runs on wells, and our lighting rules exempt construction lighting for a buildout that could last 5–7 years.
Please pass a formal resolution opposing this project, agree to sign no secrecy agreements, require an independent water study before any development plans, and update the county’s lighting ordinance to cover construction projects.
Thank you,
[Your name, town]
Show up, and bring your neighbors
Be there when this returns to the Commissioners Court agenda. Pacifico’s CEO reportedly credited “lack of local opposition” in Pecos County. Let’s not give them that here.
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Call your state lawmakers
Rep. Eddie Morales
Texas House District 74
Capitol: (512) 463-0566
District offices in Eagle Pass and Del Rio
Brewster County is split between two Senate districts. Find your senator and representative by address on the Legislature’s official lookup.
Use this pause
Gov. Abbott has frozen state permits for data centers, but only until a state audit ends, expected in December. Lt. Gov. Patrick has made their impact on landowners and water a Senate priority, and no neighboring landowners are known to support this project. Act locally now, before the permits flow again.
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