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LCRA TSC board approves three transmission projects and authorizes land-rights acquisitions
Summary
The Lower Colorado River Authority Transmission Services Corporation board approved funding and authorizations for three transmission projects — including a new Euclid substation — and authorized staff to negotiate easement acquisitions for a Bearcat-to-North McKinney line after executive session.
The Lower Colorado River Authority Transmission Services Corporation (LCRA TSC) Board of Directors on March 26 approved capital improvement projects that include a new Euclid substation, a transformer upgrade at the Giddings substation and property acquisition for a planned Pine Pass substation, and separately authorized staff to acquire land rights for parts of a Bearcat-to-North McKinney transmission line following executive session.
An LCRA staff member told the board the Euclid Substation addition would be built on a greenfield site of just under 28 acres northwest of Lockhart in Caldwell County, provide about a half-gigawatt of additional capacity and is estimated to cost $97,500,000 with land-rights purchases “in excess of $600,000.” The board was told the project’s recommended completion date is Nov. 30, 2026.
The board approved the three projects together by voice vote. The vote was recorded as “motion carries” in the meeting minutes; no roll-call vote with individual names was recorded in the transcript.
Why it matters: LCRA’s transmission projects are intended to add capacity and…
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