Media Coverage
Stay updated on the growing resistance to the proposed 765-kV transmission lines across Texas. This feed tracks statewide, regional, and local news detailing landowner protests, legal interventions, and community pushback against the $33 billion grid expansion.
June 2026
June 10, 2026 | KXAN
Texas Landowners Fight Massive Transmission Line Project at Austin Hearing
Legal & Process · BCBH Focus
June 10, 2026 | Texas Scorecard
Abbott Directs Regulators to Make Data Centers Pay Their Own Infrastructure Costs
Legislators · Cost/Rate Payer
June 9, 2026 | Texas Scorecard
Pro-Landowner Nonprofit Seeks Pause on Need for Transmission Line
Legal & Process · Notice / Due Process
June 8, 2026 | Texas Scorecard
Public Utility Commission to Hear Landowners' Appeal of Controversial Transmission Line
Legal & Process · Notice / Due Process · BCBH Focus
June 8, 2026 | KXXV
Neighbors speak against 765kV project across Central Texas at hearing
Legal & Process · BCBH Focus
June 2, 2026 | Texas Scorecard
Judges Deny Landowners More Time in 765-kV Transmission Line Hearing
Legal & Process · Notice / Due Process · BCBH Focus
June 1, 2026 | Texas Scorecard
Study Raises Alarm Over Bureaucratic Overreach in 765-kV Transmission Lines
Research & Analysis · Cost / Ratepayer
May 2026
May 29, 2026 | DailyTrib.com
Landowners Team Up to Petition Against Transmission Line Project
Landowner Rights · Notice / Due Process · BCBH Focus
May 28, 2026 | Texas Scorecard
Local Commission Seeks Answers About ESG in Transmission Lines Project
Cost / Ratepayer · Legal & Process
May 26, 2026 | Texas Scorecard
Attorneys Raise National Security and Bias Concerns in Transmission Line Hearing
National Security · Legal & Process
May 21, 2026 | DailyTrib.com
Burnet County Leaders File Testimonies Against State Transmission Line Project
Landowner Rights · Legal & Process · BCBH Focus
May 18, 2026 | Texas Scorecard
Landowner Fights For More Time to Resist Extra-High-Voltage Lines
Landowner Rights · Notice / Due Process · BCBH Focus
May 18, 2026 | KXXV-TV
Neighbors Seek Delay in Central Texas 765 kV Transmission Line Project
Notice / Due Process · BCBH Focus · Legal & Process
May 15, 2026 | Texas Scorecard
Judges and Landowners Decry Complex, Rushed Process on Massive Power Line
Legal & Process · Landowner Rights
May 14, 2026 | Texas Scorecard
Agency Security Law Must Be Considered With Extra-High-Voltage Line
National Security · Legal & Process
May 13, 2026 | Texas Scorecard
More State Lawmakers Call For Pause on Extra-High-Voltage Transmission Project
Legislators
May 13, 2026 | Texas Scorecard
Chinese National Protests Proximity of Proposed Transmission Line
National Security · Landowner Rights
May 13, 2026 | KXAN (Energy Crossroads)
Texas Lawmakers Push Back on Massive 765-kV Transmission Line Project
Legislators · Cost / Ratepayer
May 8, 2026 | DailyTrib.com
State Reps Question Controversial Transmission Line Project
Legislators · BCBH Focus
May 8, 2026 | Texas Scorecard
Texans Organize to File Testimonies Against Extra-High-Voltage Lines
Landowner Rights · Cost / Ratepayer · BCBH Focus
May 7, 2026 | Texas Scorecard
State Lawmakers Question Extra-High-Voltage Transmission Project
Legislators
May 7, 2026 | The Texas Tribune
Gas Power Making a Comeback in Texas Grid Connection Queue (includes 765-kV context)
Research & Analysis · Cost / Ratepayer
April 2026
April 30, 2026 | Texas Energy Works
Video: Texas's Most Expensive Bandaid — The 765 kV
Cost / Ratepayer · Research & Analysis
April 29, 2026 | Texas Scorecard
Oncor's 'Due Diligence' for Proposed Power Line Questioned
Research & Analysis · Legal & Process
April 29, 2026 | San Saba News & Star
San Saba County Commissioners Court Intervenes into 765-kV Project
Legal & Process · Landowner Rights · BCBH Focus
April 28, 2026 | The Texas Tribune
Residents Protest Power Lines Planned Near Texas State Park (Dinosaur Valley)
Environment · Landowner Rights
April 25, 2026 | Temple Daily Telegram
Central Texas Transmission Line Case Nears April 27 Intervention Deadline
Legal & Process · BCBH Focus
April 24, 2026 | Texas Scorecard
Property Owners Scramble To Protest Proposed Power Grab
Landowner Rights · BCBH Focus
April 24, 2026 | The Highlander
State Law May Be Key to Halt Transmission Line
Legal & Process · Legislators
April 23, 2026 | KCEN-TV
Landowners, State Representative Push Back as Deadline for Intervenor Papers Nears
Landowner Rights · Legal & Process · BCBH Focus
April 22, 2026 | Temple Daily Telegram
Sparks Fly as Landowners Revolt Over Oncor's Proposed Electric Grid Expansion
Landowner Rights · BCBH Focus
April 17, 2026 | Texas Scorecard
West Texans Protest Proposed Power Lines
Landowner Rights
April 17, 2026 | KXAN (Energy Crossroads)
'It's Heartbreaking': Central Texans Push Back on Massive 765kV Power Line Project
Landowner Rights · BCBH Focus · Environment
April 17, 2026 | The Highlander
'Intervenor' Tapped in Power Line Fight
Legal & Process · Landowner Rights
April 17, 2026 | The Texas Tribune
ERCOT Demand Forecast Likely an Overestimate
Research & Analysis · Cost / Ratepayer
April 15, 2026 | KCEN-TV
Holland Residents Protest Proposed Power Line
Landowner Rights · BCBH Focus
April 13, 2026 | Texas Scorecard
Landowner Rights · Legal & Process
April 10, 2026 | The Dallas Morning News
Erath County Neighbors Came Together to Fight Texas' 765kV Transmission Line
Landowner Rights
April 10, 2026 | Utility Dive
Texas Eyes 765-kV Transmission Lines in Regional 'Transmission Race'
Research & Analysis · Cost / Ratepayer
April 7, 2026 | Texas Scorecard
Senator Questions $33 Billion Power Grab in Permian Basin
Legislators · Cost / Ratepayer
April 7, 2026 | DailyTrib.com
Burnet County Steps Up for Landowners in Transmission Line Filing
Legal & Process · Landowner Rights · BCBH Focus
April 1, 2026 | American Stewards of Liberty
Senate Interim Charges Filed on 765-kV Transmission Project
Legal & Process · Legislators
April 1, 2026 | Utility Dive
Oncor, LCRA Propose Up to 244 Miles of 765-kV Texas Transmission
Research & Analysis · BCBH Focus
March 2026
March 31, 2026 | KDH News (Killeen)
Hickland, Landowners Oppose Bell County East-Big Hill 765-kV Transmission Line Project
Legislators · Landowner Rights · Cost / Ratepayer · BCBH Focus
March 30, 2026 | KCEN-TV
Holland Homeowner Shares How $2 Billion ONCOR Transmission Line Would Run Next to Property
Landowner Rights · BCBH Focus
March 28, 2026 | San Antonio Express-News
Editorial: Texas Must Choose the Least-Harmful Path for Hill Country Transmission Line
Environment · Landowner Rights
March 27, 2026 | Texas Scorecard
Texans Face $33 Billion 'Power Grab' as Oncor Pushes Permian Line
Cost / Ratepayer · Research & Analysis
March 27, 2026 | DailyTrib.com
30 Days to File Intervention, Protest in State Transmission Line Project
Legal & Process · Notice / Due Process · BCBH Focus
March 27, 2026 | KXXV-TV
Oncor, LCRA TSC Seek State Approval for 765kV Transmission Line Across Central Texas
BCBH Focus · Legal & Process
March 27, 2026 | KCEN-TV
Proposed Power Line Project Continues to Raise Alarms in Central Texas
Landowner Rights · BCBH Focus
March 26, 2026 | KCEN-TV
Oncor and LCRA Seek Approval for Major 765kV Transmission Project (Application Filed)
BCBH Focus · Legal & Process
March 25, 2026 | American Stewards of Liberty
Oil-Rich Texas to Build Power Lines for Renewables, and Landowners Face Possible Eminent Domain
Landowner Rights · Cost / Ratepayer
March 24, 2026 | Houston Chronicle
Texas Grid Expansion Splinters Conservatives as Data Center Backlash Grows
Cost / Ratepayer · Research & Analysis
March 24, 2026 | Houston Chronicle
Texas' Grid Faces a New Challenge. We Need a New Solution.
Research & Analysis · Cost / Ratepayer
March 16, 2026 | KXXV-TV
Neighbors Fight Plan for 200-Foot Power Transmission Towers Crossing Texas Landscape
Landowner Rights · Environment
March 13, 2026 | San Saba News & Star
FOSS Update on Oncor & LCRA TSC Bell County East to Big Hill 765kV Project
Legal & Process · Environment · BCBH Focus
March 12, 2026 | The Texas Tribune
A Plan to Get More Electricity to West Texas May Come Undone
Research & Analysis · Cost / Ratepayer
March 11, 2026 | American Stewards of Liberty
Update on Texas' 765kV Transmission Lines
Legal & Process · Landowner Rights
March 4, 2026 | Burnet Bulletin
Legislators · BCBH Focus
March 1, 2026 | TSCRA / The Cattleman (March 2026 issue)
Friends of the San Saba: Fighting to Protect the San Saba River (cover story)
Environment · Landowner Rights · BCBH Focus
February 2026
February 25, 2026 | DailyTrib.com
Burnet County and City of Burnet Join Forces to Battle State Transmission Line Project
Legal & Process · Landowner Rights · BCBH Focus
February 25, 2026 | Burnet Bulletin
County forms commission to oppose planned power line
Legal & Process · Landowner Rights · BCBH Focus
February 20, 2026 | Burnet Bulletin
Alliance Forming to Fight Power Line
Landowner Rights · BCBH Focus
February 20, 2026 | DailyTrib.com
Burnet County Group Hosting Anti-Transmission Line Meeting Series
Landowner Rights · BCBH Focus
February 19, 2026 | The Dallas Morning News
Oncor Continues Toward Dinosaur-Longshore 765kV Project with PUCT Application
Legal & Process · Research & Analysis
February 16, 2026 | American Stewards of Liberty
765 KV Transmission Lines: 200 Miles of Greed
Cost / Ratepayer · Landowner Rights · BCBH Focus
February 11, 2026 | American Stewards of Liberty
Podcast: Texas Transmission Lines Debate with Margaret Byfield
Landowner Rights · Cost / Ratepayer
February 10, 2026 | The Dallas Morning News
'Send it Somewhere Else': Locals Decry Proposed Transmission Lines Near Dinosaur Valley
Landowner Rights · Environment
February 3, 2026 | Killeen Daily Herald
Oncor Planning to Move Forward with Transmission Line Project
Legal & Process · BCBH Focus
February 3, 2026 | DailyTrib.com
Burnet County Considers Intergovernmental Commission to Combat Transmission Line
Legal & Process · Landowner Rights · BCBH Focus
February 1, 2026 | Community / Grassroots
Protest Song & Video: Two Hundred Miles of Greed by Clare Nelson
Landowner Rights · BCBH Focus
January 2026
January 21, 2026 | Burnet Bulletin
Workshop Rallies Locals Against Powerlines
Landowner Rights · BCBH Focus
January 20, 2026 | DailyTrib.com
Troxclair Takes Public Stance Against Transmission Line Project
Legislators · BCBH Focus
December 2025
December 16, 2025 | The Texas Tribune
Residents Protest Power Lines Planned Near Texas State Park (Dinosaur Valley)
Environment · Landowner Rights
December 11, 2025 | Houston Chronicle
ERCOT Approves $9.4B Grid 'Superhighway' Crossing Houston Region
Cost / Ratepayer · Research & Analysis
November 2025
November 24, 2025 | The Dallas Morning News
Electrifying Oil-Rich West Texas Could Mean Massive Power Lines in Hill Country
Research & Analysis · Environment
November 24, 2025 | DailyTrib.com
Transmission Line Opposition Creates Protest Schedule ("Two Hundred Miles of Greed")
Landowner Rights · BCBH Focus
November 14, 2025 | Texas Scorecard
California-Owned Oncor Leads $33 Billion Power Project Expansion
Cost / Ratepayer · Research & Analysis
November 12, 2025 | TPR (Texas Public Radio)
Hill Country Counties Lining Up Against Massive Power Line Project
Landowner Rights · BCBH Focus · Environment
October 2025
October 30, 2025 | Texas Scorecard
Experts Criticize Unauthorized State Energy Project
Research & Analysis · Cost / Ratepayer
October 29, 2025 | DailyTrib.com
Burnet County Takes Stand Against Transmission Line
Landowner Rights · BCBH Focus · Legal & Process
October 28, 2025 | Texas Scorecard
Permian Basin Power Fix Becomes $33 Billion Statewide Project
Cost / Ratepayer · Research & Analysis
October 24, 2025 | DailyTrib.com
Town Hall Raises Questions About Transmission Line
Landowner Rights · BCBH Focus
October 13, 2025 | DailyTrib.com
Power Line Protesters Ask "Why Here?"
Landowner Rights · BCBH Focus
September 2025
September 25, 2025 | Rep. Chip Roy (Press Release)
Legislators · Landowner Rights · National Security
September 15, 2025 | MySA (San Antonio)
Why is the transmission line project in Texas Hill Country?
Environment · Landowner Rights
August 2025
August 27, 2025 | Chron.com
Rural Texans Push Back on Permian Basin Power Line Plan
Landowner Rights
July 2025
July 23, 2025 | Burnet Bulletin
County allots 20K for transmission line advice
Legal & Process · BCBH Focus
July 22, 2025 | DailyTrib.com
County OKs Funds for Legal Help on Transmission Line
Legal & Process · BCBH Focus
July 10, 2025 | DailyTrib.com
Burnet County Seeks Legal Counsel on Power Line
Legal & Process · BCBH Focus
July 7, 2025 | Temple Daily Telegram
New Electric Transmission Line Slated to Stretch From Bell County West to Schleicher County
Research & Analysis · BCBH Focus
June 2025
June 25, 2025 | DailyTrib.com
Burnet County Considers Next Steps on Transmission Line
Landowner Rights · BCBH Focus
June 25, 2025 | Burnet Bulletin
Residents voice concerns over transmission line
Landowner Rights · BCBH Focus
June 6, 2025 | DailyTrib.com
Massive Transmission Line Would Cut Through Burnet County
BCBH Focus · Landowner Rights
January 2025
January 27, 2025 | S&P Global Commodity Insights
Texas Grid Operator Sees Increased Costs and Benefits from 765-kV Transmission (ERCOT analysis)
Research & Analysis · Cost / Ratepayer