The southernmost leg of Texas's Permian Basin Reliability Plan — the Howard–Solstice 765-kilovolt line proposed by CPS Energy and AEP Texas — has moved into its proposal-for-decision phase, leaving landowners, conservation groups and the utilities to await an administrative law judge's route recommendation.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced $113 million in Texas Energy Fund grants to strengthen electric reliability for Southwestern Public Service Company customers in the Texas Panhandle and South Plains, according to a June 30 news release from the governor’s office.
One of the largest single data-center projects yet planned in Texas is approaching an operational milestone in a rural county west of Fort Worth.
Governor Greg Abbott announced a nearly $30 million Texas Energy Fund grant to strengthen electric reliability for members of Rita Blanca Electric Cooperative in the northwestern corner of the Texas Panhandle, according to a June 29 news release from the Office of the Governor.
As the notice dispute over the central Permian Basin Reliability Plan line draws attention to Bell County, the westernmost leg of the same 765-kilovolt corridor is moving toward its own decision point.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced more than $8.8 million in Texas Energy Fund grants on June 26 to bolster electric reliability for members of Lamb County Electric Cooperative, Inc. in the South Plains, funding a package of four projects ranging from transmission line replacement to expanded transformer capacity.
Governor Greg Abbott announced the approval of the eighth loan agreement under the Texas Energy Fund (TxEF), greenlighting an infrastructure project designed to bring 860 megawatts (MW) of new, reliable dispatchable power to West Texas.
Administrative law judges overseeing a central segment of the state’s Permian Basin Reliability Plan have ruled that their upcoming routing recommendation will not determine whether the transmission line is actually necessary.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT), alongside its partner regulatory agencies, has finalized updates to the Texas Electricity Supply Chain Map to strengthen state preparedness ahead of the upcoming hurricane season.
As Texas moves forward on the 765-kilovolt transmission expansion estimated at more than $33 billion, state utility regulators are reworking the rules that determine which customers pay for the new infrastructure.