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Commissioner Criswell raises alarm about transmission corridor impact, urges petition and town hall
Summary
Commissioner Roy Lee Criswell told the Roosevelt County Commission that the proposed National Electric Infrastructure Transmission Corridor (NEITC) could affect about 1,400 county landowners and encouraged residents to sign an opposition petition and attend a forthcoming town hall.
Commissioner Roy Lee Criswell told the Roosevelt County Commission on Feb. 17, 2026, that he had returned from Fort Worth where the National Electric Infrastructure Transmission Corridor (NEITC) was discussed and warned the project could affect about 1,400 landowners in Roosevelt County.
Criswell said the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department is proposing a 240-acre acquisition for sand-dune lizard habitat and is seeking an additional 20,000 acres to place in a perpetual conservation easement, and he urged residents to visit www.neitcopposition.com to sign a petition opposing the corridor. He said a town hall on the subject will be scheduled soon.
The remark came during the commissioners’ routine business meeting; commissioners discussed the value of hosting legislators locally to present the county’s priorities. Commissioner Tina Dixon said she will attend an upcoming National Association of Counties conference in Washington, D.C., and that land-use and transmission-corridor issues will be on meeting agendas at regional gatherings.
No formal action was taken by the commission at the Feb. 17 meeting on the NEITC. Commissioner Criswell’s comments were presented as constituent- and policy-focused remarks and the commission did not vote on or adopt a resolution regarding the corridor during the session.
