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Relating to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct an electric transmission line, the official text

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H.B. No. 3092

AN ACT

relating to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to

construct an electric transmission line.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 37.052(c), Utilities Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(c) An electric utility is not required to amend the

utility's certificate of public convenience and necessity to

construct a transmission line that connects the utility's existing

transmission facilities to a substation or metering point if:

(1) the transmission line does not exceed:

(A) five [three] miles in length, if the line

connects to a load-serving substation or metering point; or

(B) two miles in length, if the line connects to a

generation substation or metering point;

(2) each landowner whose property would be directly

affected by the transmission line, as provided by commission rules,

provides written consent for the transmission line; and

(3) all rights-of-way necessary for construction of

the transmission line have been purchased.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________
______________________________

President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3092 was passed by the House on May 2,

2025, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 0, 1 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 3092 was passed by the Senate on May

28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor
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