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Midland and Odessa sit at the center of the Permian Basin, where oil output, data center projects and the first 765-kV lines in Texas are all pushing electrical load up at once. We train the electrical crews who power the oilfield and the new campuses around it, at your facility or in an in-person class we set up in Midland when you ask.
Private employers in Texas are inspected by federal OSHA. Every class is live, on the 2027 edition of NFPA 70E, and taught by a Certified Safety Professional. Texas electrical safety training requirements →
Among the teams we have trained in the last year
Four ways to train your Midland crew
Crews we train in and around Midland: exploration and production, oilfield services, industrial and electrical contractors, data center construction and operations, healthcare and education, public employers.
What the class covers for Midland crews
Oil and gas development is a main driver of the basin's power demand forecast. We cover the shock and arc flash hazards of field switchgear, VFDs and lease substations that oilfield hands may not think of as electrical work.
Roustabouts, pumpers and equipment operators often work beside energized equipment without any electrical training. Our 4-Hour Electrical Safety Awareness class gives them the boundaries and limits that keep them out of harm.
Leases and substations can be a long drive from Midland or Odessa. We spend extra time on job briefings, working with a second person and emergency response planning for electrical injuries far from help.
The 765-kV lines and gigawatt-scale campuses bring large construction crews into the basin. We cover the point where a construction site becomes energized equipment and the work rules change.
Midland at a glance
Federal OSHA (Lubbock Area Office)
Oncor (delivery), retail providers
TDLR, statewide
MAF
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Texas: what applies to your crews
Enforcement: federal OSHA
Texas has no state plan. Midland and Ector counties are handled by the federal OSHA Lubbock Area Office. Employees of Texas cities, counties and school districts have no OSHA coverage at all.
Licensing: TDLR
Electricians are licensed statewide by TDLR, from apprentice through master and maintenance electrician. That license tests installation to the NEC, and it does not make anyone qualified for energized work.
Where NFPA 70E fits
NFPA 70E is not enforced by OSHA. Permian oilfield and industrial employers use it to document how they satisfy OSHA 1910 Subpart S and 1926 Subpart K, and OSHA can cite the General Duty Clause for recognized electrical hazards.
Midland's electrical work environment
Midland is the business center of the Permian Basin, and neighboring Odessa is its oilfield service and industrial base. Diamondback Energy is headquartered in Midland and produced 598,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day in 2024. Odessa's largest private employers include Halliburton and Saulsbury Companies, alongside Medical Center Hospital and UT Permian Basin.
Electricity demand is climbing faster than the wires. In September 2024 the Public Utility Commission of Texas approved a Permian Basin reliability plan with eight new import paths, and in April 2025 it approved three 765-kV lines into the basin, the first at that voltage in the state. Oil and gas development, crypto mining, data centers and hydrogen projects are all part of the load forecast.
Data centers are arriving alongside the pump jacks. Cipher Digital runs a 207 MW facility in Odessa that came online in 2023, and Texas Critical Data Centers is assembling a 438-acre site in Ector County planned as a campus of more than one gigawatt. Crews in the basin can move from a lease road substation one week to a data hall the next.
Oilfield power, data centers and new transmission in the Permian
These are the Midland and Odessa projects drawing electrical crews right now. Status reflects the most recent public reporting we could confirm.
| Site | What is there | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cipher Digital Odessa Cipher Digital | 207 MW wholly owned facility in Odessa, built in 2023. | Operating |
| Texas Critical Data Centers New Era Energy and Digital | 438-acre Ector County site outside Odessa planned as a 1+ GW hyperscale campus. | Planned |
| Permian 765-kV import lines ERCOT transmission service providers | Three 765-kV lines into the basin approved by the PUCT in April 2025, the first at that voltage in Texas. | Planned |
| Permian Basin reliability plan ERCOT and PUCT | Approved in September 2024 with new local transmission projects and eight import paths. | Planned |
| Diamondback Energy Diamondback Energy | Midland-headquartered operator producing 598,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day in 2024. | Operating |
Oncor and the West Texas grid
Oncor delivers power in Midland and Odessa, and customers buy electricity from retail providers on the ERCOT grid. Outages here are often equipment-driven rather than storm-driven. In October 2025 an Oncor outage cut service to more than 2,000 customers across the two cities at once.
The bigger change is the transmission build. ERCOT's August 2025 plan chose 765 kV for the statewide backbone, with the Permian import lines first in line. For contractors that means new substations and switching stations across the basin, and for oil and gas operators it means larger utility-fed services and on-site substations that need their own isolation procedures.
Who we train in Midland and the Permian Basin
Field electricians, automation techs and production staff for Midland-based operators working leases across the basin.
Service company crews in Odessa who rig up, power and maintain equipment on location.
Odessa and Midland contractors building substations, compressor stations and facility power.
Electrical crews on the Odessa data center sites as they energize and staff up.
Facilities teams at Midland Memorial, Medical Center Hospital, UT Permian Basin and Midland College.
City, county and school district electricians, who fall outside OSHA in Texas and need their own written program.
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Questions from Midland employers
Can you train an oilfield crew in Midland or Odessa that works scattered leases?
Our pumpers and roustabouts are not electricians. Do they need NFPA 70E training?
Which OSHA office covers the Permian Basin?
We are building a substation for the new transmission lines. Do you cover construction crews?
Does finishing the class make someone a qualified electrical worker?
What the people in the room say
“Virtual can never replace hands-on, but the engagement from our instructor and the class made it feel more engaging than some in-person courses I've taken.”
“Probably one of the most useful safety courses I've ever attended. Rick genuinely cares about people and their well-being.”
“This is the 2nd arc flash training course I've taken and the class was amazing. I feel like I'm leaving the training safer than before I took this class.”
Train your Midland crew on the 2027 edition.
Onsite within a few days, or private live virtual as soon as tomorrow. Need it fast? Call (813) 725-0999.