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What do you know and thin about this 765kV line technology?
 
Property Owners Scramble To Protest Proposed Power Grab
texasscorecard.com/n ews/. 4/26/26
….Known as the Permian Basin Reliability Plan, lawmakers originally authorized the project as a limited fix for a specific region. Critics have said the Public Utility Commission of Texas, grid operator ERCOT, and electricity delivery company Oncor expanded it into a broader build‑out of 765 kV transmission lines with minimum public input, which a nonprofit estimated would cost $90 to $100 billion over its lifetime. Aside from Texans being burdened by increased costs, the expansion could lead to other large projects being launched with little direct accountability.
The Bell County East-Big Hill 765-kV line is one of three paths approved in the Permian Basin Reliability Plan. Thursday's town hall, held at First Cedar Valley Baptist Church in Salado, was intended to help residents oppose this line running through their community.
The Bell County East-Big Hill 765-kV line is one of three paths approved in the Permian Basin Reliability Plan. Thursday's town hall, held at First Cedar Valley Baptist Church in Salado, was intended to help residents oppose this line running through their community.
After a tornado destroyed the church building in 2022, Abbott personally commemorated the new building in April 2023 and said, "Now, this church can continue serving Jesus Christ and Salado for generations to come."
Pastor Donnie Jackson said he found out three weeks ago that one of the preferred routes for the 765kV line would place it roughly 200 feet from the church.
"I'm 81 years old. I have a pacemaker that's going to be affected by that. That much power would affect a lot of older people that have heart devices like that," he said. "We're just now rebuilding, and a lot of people around this church have gone through all these years of rebuilding, and now we have something like this that's encroaching on us, and our livelihood, [and] our health."….
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