Overview
- Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard rejected Energy Transfer’s request to reconsider her March denial in a July 14 letter, again refusing rights of way and a business lease for a 0.6‑mile segment of a planned 17‑mile pipeline.
- The State Land Office said the approval would not be in the best interest of state trust beneficiaries because the pipeline would raise greenhouse gas emissions and put additional pressure on scarce water and natural resources.
- The denial applies only to the requested crossing of state trust land and does not by itself approve or block other permits or the broader Project Jupiter development.
- Oracle disputed the commissioner's assessment and said the data center remains on schedule, highlighting plans for thousands of construction and permanent jobs, $50 million in Doña Ana County water investments, Bloom Energy fuel cells and a goal of 100% carbon‑free electricity by 2035.
- Energy Transfer can appeal the decision within available review windows, and the ruling could force Oracle to alter its fuel delivery approach or face delays that affect local contractors, county water planning and the project’s timetable.