# Fisher County, Texas: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Rotan Fisher County is where a large share of Texas's next power plants are planned. Fisher County is home to Rotan and Roby. 330 MW of new generation is planned here across 2 units, led by Innovative Solar 245 LLC (battery storage). 250 MW of that came online in 2019 or later, mostly wind. Unemployment was 3.4% in August 2026, against 2.5% in 2019. Its power plants have 509 MW of capacity, 98% of it wind. 330 MW of new generation planned here, battery storage leading 509 MW of operating power plants, mostly wind -0.5% total jobs since 2019, now 818 ## Cities and towns in Fisher County Fisher County is home to Rotan and Roby. Rotan1,333 residents Roby589 residents Unincorporated communities (governed by the county): McCaulley, Sylvester. Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Fisher County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Texas | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 3,678 | 3,692 | ▲ 0.4% | 209th of 254 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 822 | 818 | ▼ 0.5% | 168th of 254 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $43,639 | $59,140 | ▲ 35.5% | — | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 2.5% | 3.4% | ▲ 0.9pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 250 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | | Planned generation (Aug 2026) | — | 330 MW | 65% of today's fleet | 78th of 149 by size | Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC is the largest utility serving Fisher County, one of 4 with territory here. It delivers power that customers buy from competing retail providers. Employers here counted 818 jobs in 2025, down 0.5% from 2019. 3,692 people live here, up 0.4% since 2020. ## Who powers Fisher County ### Utilities with service territory in Fisher County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC | — | Delivery only (retail choice) | 3,477,215 | — | — | | AEP Texas North Company | — | Delivery only (retail choice) | 157,455 | — | — | | Taylor Electric Coop Inc - (TX) | Cooperative | Bundled | 18,722 | 15.37¢ | 14% | | Big Country Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | Bundled | 9,449 | 13.72¢ | 72% | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Wind | 499 MW | 98% | | Battery storage | 10 MW | 2% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Pyron Wind Farm LLC Hybrid | RWE Clean Energy | Wind | 259 MW | 2009 | | Amadeus Wind Farm | Amadeus Wind LLC | Wind | 250 MW | 2020 | ### Planned generation | Plant | Technology | MW | Status | Year | Owner | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Indigo Solar & Storage | Batteries | 180 MW | Planned, approvals not started | 2027 | Innovative Solar 245 LLC | | Indigo Solar & Storage | Solar Photovoltaic | 150 MW | Planned, approvals not started | 2027 | Innovative Solar 245 LLC | ## The Fisher County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 818 | $59,140 | 1.00 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Fisher County No data center, local measure or delayed project is on record in Fisher County. Texas has 25 local measures on record statewide. ## Fisher County and its neighbors Of the 7 counties that border Fisher County, Taylor County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Fisher County | 3,692 | ▼ 0.5% | 509 MW | 330 MW | — | — | | Jones County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/jones-county) | 20,861 | ▲ 8.2% | 201 MW | 1,418 MW | — | — | | Kent County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/kent-county) | 674 | ▲ 33.8% | 452 MW | 250 MW | — | — | | Mitchell County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/mitchell-county) | 8,947 | ▲ 10.1% | 688 MW | 276 MW | — | — | | Nolan County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/nolan-county) | 14,117 | ▼ 2.2% | 2,772 MW | 831 MW | 1 | — | | Scurry County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/scurry-county) | 16,162 | ▲ 2.7% | 2,639 MW | 190 MW | — | — | | Stonewall County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/stonewall-county) | 1,186 | ▲ 50.5% | — | 795 MW | — | — | | Taylor County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/taylor-county) | 150,077 | ▲ 6.8% | 991 MW | 299 MW | 45 | — | ## More of Texas [All Texas countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas)[Taylor County150,077 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/taylor-county)[Jones County20,861 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/jones-county)[Scurry County16,162 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/scurry-county)[Nolan County14,117 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/nolan-county)[Mitchell County8,947 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/mitchell-county) ## Fisher County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Fisher County, Texas? 4 utilities have service territory in Fisher County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, AEP Texas North Company, Taylor Electric Coop Inc - (TX), Big Country Electric Coop, Inc. ### What power plants are in Fisher County? 2 operating plants with 509 MW of capacity. The largest is Pyron Wind Farm LLC Hybrid (259 MW, wind). ### How much new power is planned in Fisher County? 330 MW across 2 units in the August 2026 EIA-860M inventory, 0 MW of it under construction or built. The largest owner is Innovative Solar 245 LLC. ### Are there data centers in Fisher County? The SAVRN Data Center Map has no data center in Fisher County. The nearest activity on record is next door in Taylor County. ### Is Fisher County adding jobs? Employers counted 818 jobs in 2025 against 822 in 2019 (-0.5%, BLS QCEW). ### Does Fisher County have a data center moratorium? No county-level measure is on record for Fisher County. Texas has 25 local measures statewide, listed on the state page. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/fisher-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).