On Sept. 10, in Order No. 2, the ALJ assigned to the Southwestern Public Service Company (SPS) Wheeler County CCN application in Docket No. 37260 deemed the application sufficient and materially complete. The ALJ also approved SPS’s published notice and notice sent to affected landowners, neighboring utilities, and county and municipal officials. The intervention deadline […]
Transmission Line Projects
ALJ Finds Oncor’s Collin Co. Application and Notice Deficient
On Sept. 10, in Order No. 2, the ALJ assigned to Oncor’s Collin County application in Docket No. 37232 found Oncor’s application and notice deficient. Oncor previously responded that it would supplement its application and notice. The intervention deadline is extended for 45 days after the supplemental notice is sent to directly affected landowners, municipalities, […]
Staff Identifies Deficiencies in Oncor’s Collin Co. CCN Application
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 […]
Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative Requests Docket for Application
Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Trinity Valley) requested today the issuance of a CCN Docket Number for an application for a proposed 138 kV transmission line in Kaufman County, Texas. The request was assigned to Docket No. 37442. The letter requesting the docket stated that Trinity Valley intends to file its application this week.
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 […]
LCRA Requests Docket for CCN Application for Hill Country Transmission Line
On September 9th, LCRA Transmission Services Corporation (LCRA TSC) requested that the PUC issue a docket number for its application to construct a 345 kV transmission line in the Hill Country. The docket number assigned to the application is 37448. LCRA TSC proposes to construct the line from Kendall to Gillespie to Newton. The proposed […]
ALJ Grants ETEC Motion to Withdraw Polk County Application
On September 3, 2009, the ALJ issued and order granting the motion of East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc. (ETEC) to withdraw its application for a CCN for a 138 kV transmission line in Polk County. On August 19, 2009, the Commission issued a declaratory order on rehearing in Docket No. 36782 determining that a CCN […]
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 […]
Intervenor Expresses Concern About Effect of EMI on Pacemaker
An intervenor in Docket No. 37248, AEP’s application for a CCN in Childress County, states that the proposed project “would directly affect the ability of the pacemaker to work.” She filed a letter from Biotronik, the manufacturer of her Protos DR/CLS pacemaker. The intervenor lives near a substation and an existing 69 kV transmission line, […]
New Intervention Deadline Set for ETT’s Uvalde and Medina CCN Application
Docket No. 36978 On August 31st, the Administrative Law Judge issued Order No. 7, requiring ETT to send by September 3rd a revised notice to affected property owners in Uvalde and Medina Counties. The new intervention deadline is October 19, 2009.