Uvalde County adopts resolution opposing proposed 765-kV Howard–Solstice transmission line

UVALDE, Texas — Uvalde County Commissioners Court on Oct. 14 voted to adopt a resolution opposing a proposed 765-kilovolt (kV) transmission line that would be part of a joint Howard-to-Solstice project by CPS Energy and AEP Texas.

Kirk Rasmussen, representing CPS Energy, described the project as part of a transmission plan ordered after the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 5066 in 2023 and approved by the Public Utility Commission of Texas. Rasmussen said the Howard-to-Solstice corridor would be a high-voltage transmission route roughly 330–370 miles long and that the new 765-kV lines would be single-circuit lattice towers with three sets of conductors and a typical right-of-way about 200 feet wide. "The lines will be single circuit, which means there's gonna be 3 sets of wires, on lattice towers," Rasmussen told the court.

Rasmussen described the utilities' public outreach: multiple open houses in the project study area, thousands of public responses collected and a planned application to the Public Utility Commission of Texas in February that will include an environmental assessment, detailed route alternatives and a…