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As Texas prepares to build a $40 billion-plus high-voltage transmission backbone, Barry Smitherman argues the PUC can open those contracts to competitive bidding if a
August 11, 2026
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As Texas prepares to build a $40 billion-plus high-voltage transmission backbone, Barry Smitherman argues the PUC can open those contracts to competitive bidding if a
When utilities lose in legislatures and lose at the bidding table, they go back to FERC. Regulators should reaffirm competition as the default for regional
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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.
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- Texans For Affordable Transmission
For Immediate Release Contact: Matt Welch / matt@conservativetexansforenergyinnovation.org AUSTIN, Texas (July 8, 2026) – Polling data released today confirms that Texans overwhelmingly support introducing competition
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- Utility Dive
A complaint at FERC seeking to limit competition among transmission developers would inject uncertainty into the process and spur regulatory delays, writes Will Hazelip from
Texas operates the most competitive wholesale electricity generation market in the United States. Every day, hundreds of power generators compete in ERCOT-run auctions to deliver
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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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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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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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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