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Electric utilities in other states are asking federal regulators to allow monopoly control over projects, while some critics want Texas to have more competitive bidding.
July 22, 2026
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- Utility Dive
Last month, President Trump issued a Ratepayer Protection Pledge that called on hyperscalers and artificial intelligence companies to “build, bring, or buy all of the
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- POLITICO Pro
Xcel Energy and others tell regulators and the Trump administration that the thirst for electricity requires a suspension of competition rules.
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- Texans For Affordable Transmission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Matt Welch matt@conservativetexansforenergyinnovation.org Texans for Affordable Transmission Launches to Advance Competitive Transmission in Texas AUSTIN, TEXAS (February 9, 2026) – With
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- Electricity Transmission Competition Coalition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 5, 2026 Consumers Condemn SPP RTO Decision on $3.8 Billion Transmission Projects Washington, DC – On Tuesday February 3rd, 2026, the
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- Fox4News.com
AUSTIN, Texas – The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which manages power for about 90% of the state’s electric load, received a D- grade
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- Electricity Transmission Competition Coalition
As the Trump administration announces major efforts to address the nation’s growing affordability crisis, the latest CPI numbers illustrates that electricity price inflation continues to
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- Electricity Transmission Competition Coalition
RTO Insider published a revealing piece on MISO’s launch of their 2nd Review of Long-range Tx Project for Cost Overruns. This piece begs the question;
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- POWER
For decades, U.S. electricity demand was steady, allowing utilities to plan gradual growth and maintain the grid with modest upgrades. That era is over. The
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- Utility Dive
Both the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission have found that competitive bidding will improve grid sustainability and resiliency while lowering rates and increasing
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- Powering Texas
Texas is a trailblazer in renewable energy and has long secured its national lead with early investments in one key area: transmission. Transmission lines are
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- Electricity Transmission Competition Coalition
The latest consumer price index showed that electricity price inflation continues to be a major burden for American consumers, while independent data demonstrates that transmission
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- Renewable Energy World
Scattered across the acres of open fields, dozens of wind turbines stood tall one morning last month, some moved their blades with the wind as
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- Latitude Media
Every summer, Texans pay billions more for power than they should because of grid congestion. While the state’s customers wait years for new transmission lines,
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- Gridraven
Gridraven, an Austin-based grid intelligence company, today released a new study on a major transmission line between Calaveras and Pawnee in south-central Texas. The analysis
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- Enverus
Enverus Intelligence® Research (EIR), a subsidiary of Enverus, the most trusted energy-dedicated SaaS company that leverages generative AI across its solutions, has released a report
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- MyHighPlains.com
Panhandle Solar Group announced it has entered Standard Generation Interconnection Agreements with Cross Texas Transmission, which will allow its planned Bunk House 345 kilovolt substation
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- Texas Energy & Power Newsletter
Utility bills are rising faster than ever. In the first half of 2025 alone, utilities requested $29 billion in rate increases, already a record for
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- Texas A&M Real Estate Center
CPS Energy has approved a $175 million project as a part of a segment of the San Antonio South Reliability Project. The project includes developing
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- Dallas Morning News
A more robust grid is imperative for our security and independence.
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- WATT Coalition
The Texas House of Representatives got a crash course in Grid Enhancing Technologies during their six-month session, which ended on June 2, with HB 5200.
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- San Antonio Express-News
About 20 years ago, Texas invested heavily in transmission lines to lower energy costs, and it worked. Despite rapid growth, however, we have not kept