Judge partially blocks Texas transmission law - The Hill
Oct 30, 2024 · A federal judge on Monday struck down a section of a Texas law that gives state utilities the “right of first refusal” for building new electrical transmission lines. The law, SB 1938,...
US judge blocks Texas transmission line building restrictions
Oct 29, 2024 · A Texas law that restricts the building and operation of new transmission lines to companies already running such facilities in the state unconstitutionally discriminates against out-of-state...
Federal judge blocks part of embattled Texas transmission law
Oct 30, 2024 · The judgment issued Monday permanently blocks the Public Utility Commission of Texas from enforcing the 2019 “right of first refusal” — or ROFR — law in areas of the state not covered...
Federal Judge Blocks Electric Transmission Law in Texas as Anti ...
Nov 1, 2024 · Rendered by U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman in Austin, the ruling bars regulators from enforcing Senate Bill 1938, a 2019 law that blocked power companies that don’t already own transmission within Texas from building lines inside the state that form part of multi-state electricity grids.
Texas Electric Transmission Line Law Blocked by Federal Court
Oct 29, 2024 · NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc. got a federal court to block a Texas law that gave existing providers in the state sole authority to build and operate new electrical lines.
Federal Judge Blocks Electric Transmission Law as Anti …
Oct 30, 2024 · Rendered by U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman in Austin, the ruling bars regulators from enforcing Senate Bill 1938, a 2019 law that blocked power companies that don’t already own transmission within Texas from building lines inside the state that form part of multi-state electricity grids.
Texas Can't Restrict Transmission Job Competitors, Court Says
Sep 4, 2022 · In a case being watched nationally, the New Orleans federal appeals court struck down as unconstitutional a law in Texas that prohibits out-of-state companies from building power transmission...
Transmission rulings pave path for renewable energy
Dec 12, 2023 · On Monday, the Supreme Court declined to hear Texas’ defense of its “right of first refusal,” or ROFR, law that gave preference for certain utilities to build new power lines across state...
Power companies win challenge over Texas transmission line law …
Nov 2, 2024 · U.S. District Court Judge Robert Pitman ruled in favor of Florida-based NextEra Energy and New York-based LS Power, who filed a lawsuit with East Texas Electric Cooperative against the Public...
Judge partially blocks Texas transmission law - politomix.com
Oct 30, 2024 · A federal judge on Monday struck down a section of a Texas law that gives state utilities the “right of first refusal” for building new electrical transmission lines. The law, SB 1938, made it harder for utilities with no in-state transmission facilities to …