Texas power line plan puts 4,200 landowners in its path but spares a billionaire’s ranch

Fairness has become a concern for neighboring families fighting to protect their homes and land from a revised Texas power-line proposal, according to Texas Monthly.

Roughly 4,200 landowners may still be affected, though every proposed crossing of a billionaire’s ranch was eliminated.

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Oncor and the Lower Colorado River Authority have proposed a roughly 200-mile transmission project connecting Temple to Schleicher County.

Oil facilities and data centers in West Texas’s Permian Basin are the intended recipients of electricity from three planned projects, including Bell County East Big Hill, the magazine reported…

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