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Texas competes on everything except transmission

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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  • August 11, 2026
  • News

Texas competes on everything except transmission

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 10, 2026
  • News, Op-Ed
  • Utility Dive

Competitive transmission delivers benefits for the AI economy and customers

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

  • July 22, 2026
  • News
  • www.eenews.net

Texas transmission policy sharpens US competition fight

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 8, 2026
  • Press Release
  • Texans For Affordable Transmission

Polling Data Confirms: Texans Overwhelmingly Support Competitive Transmission Policies to Lower Energy Costs and Accelerate Grid Improvement

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

  • June 5, 2026
  • Op-Ed
  • Utility Dive

Speed to power requires more transmission, not less competition

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

  • May 26, 2026
  • News
  • Utility Dive

Competitive transmission projects come online faster than incumbent projects in 4 regions: R Street

  • May 8, 2026
  • Op-Ed

It’s Time for Texas to Get Competitive on Transmission Development

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

  • April 6, 2026
  • Article
  • Utility Dive

State utility laws are the primary barrier to Trump’s AI ratepayer protection pledge

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

  • March 4, 2026
  • Article
  • POLITICO Pro

Midwest utilities are looking to FERC for monopoly expansion

Xcel Energy and others tell regulators and the Trump administration that the thirst for electricity requires a suspension of competition rules.

  • February 6, 2026
  • Article
  • Texans For Affordable Transmission

Texans for Affordable Transmission Launches to Advance Competitive Transmission in Texas

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

  • February 5, 2026
  • Article
  • Electricity Transmission Competition Coalition

ETCC: Consumers Condemn SPP RTO Decision on $3.8 Billion Transmission Projects

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

  • February 4, 2026
  • Article
  • Fox4News.com

ERCOT ranked D- for Texas power grid planning, among nation’s worst according to report

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

  • January 16, 2026
  • Article
  • Electricity Transmission Competition Coalition

Competition Lowers Transmission Project Costs by 25%-45% in Wisconsin

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

  • December 15, 2025
  • Article
  • Electricity Transmission Competition Coalition

ICYMI: Non-Competitive Transmission Projects See Billions in Cost Overruns – Escalating Electricity Prices Nationwide

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;

  • November 19, 2025
  • Article
  • POWER

Transmission Lines Will Determine America’s Power Future

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

  • November 13, 2025
  • Article
  • Utility Dive

The case for electricity transmission competition has never been clearer with today’s inflation

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

  • October 30, 2025
  • Article
  • Powering Texas

The Importance Of Transmission: Bringing Texans More Affordable, Reliable Power

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

  • October 24, 2025
  • Article
  • Electricity Transmission Competition Coalition

To Confront Electricity Price Inflation FERC Must Act to Rein in Utility Transmission Monopolies

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

  • October 22, 2025
  • Article
  • Renewable Energy World

A new South Texas data center will rely on untapped renewable energy

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

  • October 15, 2025
  • Article
  • Latitude Media

How to fix Texas’ billion-dollar grid congestion in weeks, not years

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,

  • October 14, 2025
  • Article
  • Gridraven

New Gridraven Power Line Study Shows Outdated System Cost Central Texas Ratepayers Between $2 and $3 Million on One Line Alone This Summer

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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