Fact Sheet: Questions Utilities Must Answer
A shareable overview of proof needed on need, cost, routes, alternatives, landowner protections, and environmental review. TODO source review and PDF.
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Resources for Landowners, Ratepayers, and Watchdogs
Get the documents, checklists, maps, and source material behind the 765kV accountability fight. Draft resources remain placeholders until citations and legal review are complete.
Featured resources
Practical tools and source placeholders
Landowner Checklist: Before You Sign Anything
Practical questions for route notices, survey requests, access agreements, easements, compensation, deadlines, and qualified counsel. Not legal advice.
Open placeholder →Claim vs. Reality One-Pager
Short rebuttals to common pro-765kV arguments, with source placeholders for every claim.
Open placeholder →Route / Docket Summary
Placeholder for confirmed PUCT docket numbers, route names, affected counties, status, deadlines, and public source links.
Open placeholder →Source Matrix
Need/reliability, load forecast, cost, cost allocation, alternatives, ROW/towers, easement language, EA, federal consultations, and public process.
Open placeholder →Public Meeting Questions
What route affects my property? What alternatives remain open? How is input scored? Who answers easement and compensation questions in writing?
Open placeholder →Docket and filing links
Do not merge docket facts.
Each project and docket needs its own summary, source links, and live status check. Current-status claims should be verified against official records before publication.
TODO source slots
- PUCT docket number, title, interchange link, deadline, orders, hearing dates.
- ERCOT planning documents, load forecast, reliability criteria, alternatives comparison.
- Utility application, testimony, need study, route maps, EA, easement/ROW specs.
- Comment and intervention instructions verified for the current docket.
Map guardrails
Maps should inform landowners without exposing private details.
Use official sources
Cite the filing, map board, docket item, source date, and “verify against current PUCT record” note.
Protect privacy
Do not publish private parcel IDs, exact homesites, contact information, or unapproved property details.
Label drafts
Mark any nonofficial or outdated map clearly and never let a draft map substitute for official route materials.
Plain-English glossary
765kV
Extra-high-voltage transmission at 765 kilovolts. The key question is whether a specific project is justified at a specific route, cost, and scale.
CCN
Certificate of Convenience and Necessity, a Texas regulatory approval process for certain utility infrastructure.
ROW
Right-of-way used for structures, access, clearance, and maintenance. Exact rights depend on easement terms and specs.
Easement
A legal right over property for a specific use. Transmission easements can be permanent and should be reviewed carefully.
Grid-enhancing technologies
Tools that can improve use of existing transmission assets; applicability must be project-specific.
EMF
Electric and magnetic fields. Public concerns should be addressed with credible technical analysis; do not claim health harm without source and legal review.
Resource guardrails
Before publishing any resource
- Verify every number, deadline, docket status, route, ROW/tower spec, and current permit status.
- Define the scope of every cost claim.
- Do not publish private parcel details or unapproved stories.
- Do not claim health harm, fraud, corruption, illegality, or intentional deception without legal review and source support.
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Landowners need clear, timely information on filings, deadlines, route changes, public meetings, source documents, and claims being used to justify proposed 765kV corridors.
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