The Public Utility Commission of Texas adopted the rule amid surging demand for power across the state and a growing crypto mining industry in Texas.

The rule applies specifically to crypto mining facilities that consume more than 75 megawatts of power. Under the rule, they are now required to inform the commission and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) of the facility's location,

The first locally transmitted case of dengue fever in 2024 in Texas has been recorded in Cameron County, the Texas Department of State Health Services says.

Texas has seen the worst annual spike of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne illness that can be fatal, in more than 20 years, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. The state also saw its first report of a locally acquired — meaning a confirmed case in an individual who did not recently travel to an area considered at risk for the disease — case of dengue fever this year in a resident of Cameron County,

"Locally acquired" means that the people infected have no history of traveling to an area of the world where dengue normally spreads.