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Senate committee hears long‑range transmission planning bill aimed at ERCOT congestion costs
Summary
House Bill 30 69 would direct the PUC to adopt a supplemental multi‑decade planning criterion for transmission certificates to evaluate long‑term congestion relief and potential customer savings.
House Bill 30 69, sponsored in the Senate committee by Senator Schwartner, would direct the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) to develop a supplemental, multi‑decade transmission planning criterion that could be used in evaluating certificate of convenience and necessity (CCN) applications for large electric transmission projects in ERCOT. The bill’s sponsor said the measure is designed to help address rising congestion costs by allowing a second economic test that looks farther into the future than existing short‑term analyses.
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