Commission Staff filed on September 4th its recommendation in Docket No. 37232 on the sufficiency of the application and notice and addressed other procedural matters. The recommendation identified one deficiency in the application and eight deficiencies in Oncor’s notices to landowners. The application was found to be materially deficient in that it failed to provide […]
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Oncor Files Response to Staff’s Recommendation in Collin Co. CCN Application
On September 9th, Oncor filed its response to the Commission Staff’s recommendation on the sufficiency of its application and notice in Docket No. 37232, Oncor’s application for a proposed 138 kV transmission line in Collin County. In its filing, Staff recommended that the application be found deficient because it did not provide sufficient detail regarding parks […]
Hearing Date Set for Oncor’s CREZ CCN Application for Jack, Parker and Wise Counties
The administrative law judge (ALJ) in Docket No. 37119, Oncor’s application for a CREZ transmission line in Jack, Parker, and Wise counties, issued Order No. 5, which sets the dates for the hearing on the merits and a briefing schedule. The hearing on the merits of the application is set for October 8-9. Initial briefs […]
Hill Country Politics – LCRA Responds to Landowner Letter to Governor Perry’s Office
On Sept. 1st, LCRA’s Executive Manager, External Affairs, Becky Motal, sent a letter to David Armistead in Governor Perry’s office, in response to a letter from Don and LeNan Hancock. In the letter, Ms. Motal reviewed the CREZ transmission projects and the fact that LCRA was “ordered by the PUC to construct four CREZ electric […]
Oncor Requests Dockets for Three CREZ Transmission Lines
Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC requested that the Public Utility Commission of Texas open three CCN dockets so Oncor may file applications to amend its CCN for proposed CREZ transmission lines. Docket No. 37407 – Oncor’s Application for a Proposed CREZ 345 kV Transmission Line in Scurry, Mitchell, Fisher, Nolan and Taylor Counties Docket No. 37408 […]
Sen. Troy Fraser Weighs In On Routing of CREZ Transmission Lines
In an apparent acknowledgement of the increasing political impact of the proposed LCRA CREZ transmission lines, Sen. Troy Fraser (R-Horseshoe Bay) sent PUC Chairman Barry Smitherman a letter commenting on the placement of transmission lines in his Senate district, which includes the Texas Hill Country communities of Junction, Mason, Llano, Fredericksburg, and Kerrville. (District Map). […]
PUC Issues CREZ Transmission Line Applications Sequencing Order
On August 13, 2009, the Public Utility Commission of Texas issued an Order approving a settlement agreement regarding the sequencing of filing of CCN applications for CREZ transmission line cases. The Commission’s Order on Rehearing in Docket No. 35665 required the parties to file a jointly-proposed sequencing agreement 30 days after ERCOT filed its analysis […]
Chairman Smitherman Changes Form Letter to Landowners in LCRA CREZ Area
Chairman Smitherman has been filing responses in Docket No. 37049 to the letters he has received from landowners regarding the LCRA CREZ transmission lines. Most of those letters have been summaries of the statutory CCN approval guidelines and the PUC’s rules for location of the proposed lines. He added a handwritten note to one letter, […]
Landowners Concerned About LCRA’s Hill Country CREZ Lines
The Austin American-Statesman published an “above-the fold” front page story about the conflicts associated with transmission lines in the Texas Hill Country. The article focuses on several landowners who are banding together to oppose transmission lines that are proposed to be built by the Lower Colorado River Authority (“LCRA”). The transmission lines are part of a new project […]
Save Our Scenic Hill Country Environment Files Comments on LCRA CREZ Lines
On July 8th, Texas PUC Chairman Smitherman filed his response to a letter from William Renfro, the Vice President/Director of Save Our Scenic Hill Country Environment, Inc. (SOS Hill Country) a group that was formed in response to wind energy development activity in Gillespie County and surrounding counties. Mr. Refro’s letter requests that Chairman Smitherman take the leadership […]