# Scurry County, Texas: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Snyder Scurry County is a power-producing county: the plants here serve load well beyond its borders. Construction employs 319, up 61.1% since 2019. Scurry County is home to Snyder. 1,644 MW of that came online in 2019 or later, mostly solar. 190 MW of new generation is planned here across 2 units, led by Flatland Solar Energy, LLC (solar). 10 MW of it is already under construction or built. Its power plants have 2,639 MW of capacity, 53% of it wind. 190 MW of new generation planned here, solar leading 2,639 MW of operating power plants, mostly wind 63 MW of generating capacity retired since 2019 ## Cities and towns in Scurry County Scurry County is home to Snyder. Snyder11,166 residents Unincorporated communities (governed by the county): Fluvanna, Hermleigh. 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 Scurry County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Texas | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 16,916 | 16,162 | ▼ 4.5% | 137th of 254 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 6,447 | 6,621 | ▲ 2.7% | 139th of 254 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $57,016 | $73,046 | ▲ 28.1% | — | | Construction jobs (2019 → 2025) | 198 | 319 | ▲ 61.1% | 22nd of 155 by growth | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 3.2% | 4.0% | ▲ 0.8pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 1,644 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 63 MW | | — | | Planned generation (Aug 2026) | — | 190 MW | 7% of today's fleet | 116th of 149 by size | Next door, Borden County has 945 MW of planned generation. 63 MW has retired here since 2019, including Snyder Wind Farm (wind, 63 MW, 2021). Unemployment was 4.0% in August 2026, against 3.2% in 2019. Electrical contractors employ 9, at an average $39,349 a year. Employers here counted 6,621 jobs in 2025, up 2.7% from 2019. Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC is the largest utility serving Scurry County, one of 2 with territory here. It delivers power that customers buy from competing retail providers. 16,162 people live here, down 4.5% since 2020. ## Who powers Scurry County ### Utilities with service territory in Scurry 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 | — | — | | 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 | 1,393 MW | 53% | | Solar | 653 MW | 25% | | Battery storage | 438 MW | 17% | | Natural gas | 155 MW | 6% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Lumina II Solar Project | Intersect USA, LLC | Battery storage | 487 MW | 2024 | | Lumina Solar Project | Intersect USA, LLC | Battery storage | 487 MW | 2024 | | Canyon Wind Project, LLC | Canyon Wind Project, LLC | Wind | 309 MW | 2024 | | Dermott Wind | Dermott Wind, LLC | Wind | 253 MW | 2017 | | Coyote Wind LLC | EDF Renewable Asset Holdings, Inc. | Wind | 242 MW | 2021 | | Brazos Wind Farm | Shell Wind Energy Inc. | Wind | 182 MW | 2003 | ### Planned generation | Plant | Technology | MW | Status | Year | Owner | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Flatland Solar | Solar Photovoltaic | 180 MW | Approvals pending | 2027 | Flatland Solar Energy, LLC | | Knapp BESS | Batteries | 10 MW | Under construction (>50%) | 2026 | GoldenMax Energy Inc | ### Retired since 2019 | Plant | Technology | MW | Year | |---|---|---|---| | Snyder Wind Farm | Wind | 63 MW | 2021 | ## The Scurry County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 6,621 | $73,046 | 1.00 | | Construction | 319 | $74,053 | 0.91 | | Electrical contractors | 9 | $39,349 | 0.19 | 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 Scurry County No data center, local measure or delayed project is on record in Scurry County. Texas has 25 local measures on record statewide. ## Scurry County and its neighbors Of the 6 counties that border Scurry County, Nolan 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 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Scurry County | 16,162 | ▲ 2.7% | 2,639 MW | 190 MW | — | — | | Borden County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/borden-county) | 567 | ▲ 33.7% | 1,479 MW | 945 MW | — | — | | Fisher County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/fisher-county) | 3,692 | ▼ 0.5% | 509 MW | 330 MW | — | — | | Garza County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/garza-county) | 4,510 | ▼ 27.5% | — | — | — | — | | 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 | — | ## More of Texas [All Texas countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas)[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)[Garza County4,510 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/garza-county)[Fisher County3,692 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/fisher-county)[Kent County674 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/kent-county) ## Scurry County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Scurry County, Texas? 2 utilities have service territory in Scurry County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, Big Country Electric Coop, Inc. ### What county is Snyder, TX in? Snyder is in Scurry County, Texas. About 11,166 people live there (2025 Census estimate). ### What power plants are in Scurry County? 14 operating plants with 2,639 MW of capacity. The largest is Lumina II Solar Project (487 MW, battery storage). ### How much new power is planned in Scurry County? 190 MW across 2 units in the August 2026 EIA-860M inventory, 10 MW of it under construction or built. The largest owner is Flatland Solar Energy, LLC. ### Are there data centers in Scurry County? The SAVRN Data Center Map has no data center in Scurry County. The nearest activity on record is next door in Borden County. ### Is Scurry County adding jobs? Employers counted 6,621 jobs in 2025 against 6,447 in 2019 (+2.7%, BLS QCEW). Construction went from 198 to 319. ### Does Scurry County have a data center moratorium? No county-level measure is on record for Scurry County. Texas has 25 local measures statewide, listed on the state page. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/texas/scurry-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/).