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SAY NO! to invasive 765kV Transmission Lines
We voice the concerns of thousands whose lives and land would be harmed, invaded, displaced, disconnected, or disregarded in the name of a project that would not serve the residents in the proposed routes in NE Burnet County, and would risk far too much.
OUR COMMUNITIES ARE NOT FOR SALE. INFRASTRUCTURE SHOULD UPLIFT COMMUNITIES - NOT DIVIDE THEM.
CALL TO ACTION - Neighbors please send your concerns to our Representatives - State, Local, Federal - contact info is below. scroll down to read neighbors' concerns
Examples of Resident Letters of Concerns
1) Letter #1
2) Letter #2
3) Letter #3
4) Letter bullet points (not all inclusive)
5) let us add your letter here
Please let us link to your letter to help other residents
765kV Transmission Line to Cross Burnet County Precinct 2
** CLICK HERE ** to be redirected to an INFORMATIVE Web Site created by a Joppa neighbor on this important development
View the June 24th Burnet Count Commissioners Meeting
https://www.youtube.com/live/bbFrtwyW3_Q?si=zZ7I1zWoaDrPRytD
Bell County East to Big Hill 765-kV Transmission Project
- Application Filing – Anticipated in December 2025.
- PUC Decision – Anticipated in June 2026.
- Oncor Representatives can be contacted regarding the Bell County East – Big Hill 765 kV Transmission Line Project at 214.486.5216 or transmissionprojects@oncor.com
- LCRA TSC Representatives can be contacted at 512.578.1445 or BCBH@LCRA.org. Additional project details can also be found at www.lcra.org/BCBH.
We can all have an influence - Action Item
From a Joppa Neighbor June 27, 2025
Just wanted to give a quick update on the hectic week we have all experienced with this issue.
We wrote Ms. Troxclair's office and immediately heard back. Even though she voted for the energy bill two years ago, she "did not realize the impact or how it would be carried out" We also heard favorably from her office after Austin made public comments at the Commissioner's Court on Tuesday. She is proposing to the Governor that this item be placed on the agenda of the Special Session of the Legislature convening July 21 for further discussion.
I FEEL THIS IS THE BEST SOLUTION FOR ALL BURNET COUNTY RESIDENTS.
You can also contact Ms. Troxclair at www.house.texas.gov.
We also have contacted State Senator Flores, Governor Abbott, State Ag Commissioner Sid Miller and others in the Federal Government.
In addition, as land owners prepare to file a protest to the Public Utilities Commission in December, please note there is an existing high voltage power line running parallel to all proposed routes in our area. It is between Route "A" and "B". You can view this route on the LCRA interactive map. We are going to make the case that PUC should route the new voltage line along side the existing power line in the existing corridor. I believe should we fail at the legislative level, this is the best course of action for all our community.
Thanks all!
Contact our State, Local, Federal Representatives
This is a long, laborious task, but if many, many, many of us voice our concerns, we can have an impact.
Links to our Contacts - PLEASE WRITE THEM ASAP WITH YOUR CONCERNS.
Public Utility Commission of Texas William B. Travis Building |
1701 N. Congress Ave, Suite 7-110, Austin, TX 78701
512-936-7000 Contact Us
U.S. House, District 31 John Carter (R) (202) 225-3864
https://carter.house.gov/contact/
Texas Senate, District 24 Pete Flores (R) (512) 463-0124
Texas State Senator Pete Flores- District 24 512-463-0124
The Honorable Pete Flores Contact https://senate.texas.gov/member.php?d=24
PO Box 12068, Capitol Station, Austin, TX 78711 Phone: 512-463-0124
Texas House, District 19 Ellen Troxclair (R) (512) 463-0490
Texas State Representative Ellen Troxclair-District 19
Contact https://house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=19
PO Box 2910, Austin, TX 78768 Phone: 512-463-0190
Texas State Representative, Terry Wilson, Dist. 20 (formerly our state rep. and owns property in Burnet County). PO Box 2910, Austin, TX 78768; 512-463-0309
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R) (202) 224-2934
https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/contact-john-cornyn/
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R) (202) 224-5922
https://www.cruz.senate.gov/contact
Central Texas office 300 E. 8th, Suite 961 central_texas@cruz.senate.gov
Austin, TX 78701 central _texas@cruz. senate.gov (remove the spaces
Phone number (512) 916-5834 Email Us
Governor of Texas Greg Abbott (R) (512) 463-2000
Governer Abbott https://gov.texas.gov/contact
https://gov.texas.gov/apps/contact-form/contactus?contact=8589425
Lt. Governor Dan Patrick (R) (512) 463-0001
The Texas Lieutenant Governor Message Line: (512) 463-5342
The Texas Lieutenant Governor Office Line: (512) 463-0001.
Texas Attorny General Ken Paxton
https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/contact-us
Speaker of the Texas House Dustin Burrows (R) (512) 463-1000
https://house.texas.gov/members/3055
State Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller
https://texasagriculture.gov/Home/Contact-Us
Burnet County Commissioners contact info for each is listed down below
https://www.burnetcountytexas.org/page/commcourt.home
Burnet County Judge Bryan Wilson
countyjudge@burnetcountytexas.org
Precinct 1 Jim Luther, Jr. commissionerpct1@burnetcountytexas.org
m. 512-715-4112; 512-715-5233
Precinct 2 Damon Beierle dbeierle@burnetcountytexas.org
m. 512-715-2611; o. 512-585-8215
Damon: https://www.burnetcountytexas.org/page/comm.pct2
Damon:
Precinct 3 Billy Wall commissionerpct3@burnetcountytexas.org
m. 512-715-5236; 830-265-0483
Precinct 4 Joe Don Dockery jdockery@burnetcountytexas.org
m. 512-715-5235; 512-715-2911
Pls join the fight - read below to learn how
PLEASE DO NOT POST THIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA without first speaking with Tom Green
Just some info to share to see if it might help re-invigorate an “after the flooding” interest in the 765.
Will welcome your thoughts, and also your sharing where you think appropriate.
Please, those who are interested in joining, connect with me in some way. Please make doing so a priority.
Like many of you, the floods have detoured me away from the 765 (and other) topics for a good while. And while it will be a long flood recovery process, there are other things, important as well, that will need attention. One of those is the 765. I hope to be getting back into those issues soon🤞
Stuff below is an FYI for each of us to consider. I welcome additional info, suggestions, corrections/clarifications where they may be needed, and help of any sort. Apologies for the length, but it’s a pretty quick read.
A. Some stuff you may already know.
1. Policy. The PUCT policy (rules?) is for new transmission lines to follow existing ones to the extent doable. Obviously, it appears such was ignored by LCRA/Oncor. Michael Smith has done an excellent job of illustrating this basic fault.
2. Judges. The PUCT “judges” which hear the cases once they have been filed are “reported to be” (by one in-the-loop source) more receptive to citizen input than in times prior. Not sure how to calibrate that report at this point.
3. Filing schedule. The case in which we are interested is scheduled to be filed in December, at which point the legal process begins.
4. Pre-registration. To participate in that process, you must have registered prior. I haven’t seen a “deadline,” but I am told the sooner the better.
5. Community and beyond. It seems to me this is not an individual property owner issue, but indeed a community and beyond issue. It needs help of various kinds from various sources.
B. Some stuff you may not know.
1. Standing. If you got a notice, you have standing.
2. Early birds. Better chance for a good outcome if you lobby early, BEFORE the official filing scheduled for December. “Work the PUCT early.”
3. What is early? I am told September is optimal to start, which should give time to start preparing.
4. Lawyers. Lawyers in this specialty are very limited in number. Waiting may mean no option… except representing ourselves. Thoughts welcomed.
5. Experts. Ditto for the experts (e.g., environmental, property values, etc.)
6. Aesthetics. Even if the line does not cross or border our land (which is my case), there will be a significant aesthetic impact.This impact is not only day, but also nights… lots of blinking red lights.
7. Duty to protect the public. As a professional engineer, by law I am entrusted in my practice to protect health, safety, property, and welfare of the public. This obligation supersedes even the “preferences” of a client. I take this duty seriously.
8. Environmental risks. One of my biggest personal 765 concerns is protecting against the so very real environmental risks that affect the above things that we as professional engineers are obligated to protect.
9. PE standing? Even if I had not received a notice, those professional obligations I am told could qualify my standing.
10. EMF harms. Many studies have shown these ELF EMFs injure, disorient, and eventually destroy bee colonies. That result is not just limited to the right of way (i.e., the bees fly into the ROW from our properties).
11. Bees destruction. Bee populations are under assault in these United States. Studies have shown a drop in population by 62%. Enough said. (Yes, there are other causes in addition to EMF.)
12. Food supply. If pollinators become scarce, so will natural foods, pretty much of any kind. It is, after all, a natural system of co-dependency. Harming our pollinators affects me and my family, even if I am way distant from the power line itself.
13. Livestock. Turns out bees are classified in TX as livestock. Property.
14. Beyond bees. And yes, there are other species harmed, both plants and animals.
15. Return to 765. When I get back to 765 activities more heavily, I intend to pursue possibilities via federal, EPA, Sierra Club, whatever… to see what avenues may open up for their help. Help would be welcomed.
16. Other solutions. Technology solutions which are more efficient and safer than any current power production means (coal, natural gas, nuclear, wind, solar) will likely be in place by the time the xmission lines are finished, supplanting the need for them entirely.
17. Dicey. This technology item is a little dicey for me since I am under an NDA, but I can share the following, which is pseudo public information.
18. Overseas. The technology was created overseas. Its country of origin has just completed its very exhaustive analysis and testing to assure safety is not an issue.
19. Pilot plants. The first pilot plant is scheduled to come on line in the country of origin in 2026. The second pilot plant is scheduled to come on line in our home state in 2027. The third pilot plant is scheduled to come on line somewhere on Europe in 2028.
20. Beyond the pilots. Scaling and mass production are scheduled to start in 2030 (the same year the 765
is to come on line). Possibly in our state.
21. Legal fees. I am told by one attorney to expect legal fees in the 20-30k range for whatever size group was represented. Another attorney gave info that would be 2-3X that sum. Neither includes experts’ fees.
22. How to pay. Before the flood, I had toyed with the idea of covering most of the legal and expert fees myself. That is no longer an option, so we would need to join the process together.
Please, those who are interested in joining, connect with me in some way. Please make doing so a priority.
And if you are not interested or have neither the time nor money to help, I totally understand. Letting me know that would be helpful just the same.
And either way, please share my above FYIs with others in our community.
Cell: 512-940-0484
Email: greenacres7935@aol.com
Blessings to all,
Tom Green
765kV Transmission Line to Cross Burnet County Precinct 2
Bell County East to Big Hill 765-kV Transmission Project
- Towers average 1100 feet apart if in straight line; shorter distances between towers the more turns.
- Lines are up to 200 feet in width
- 100 feet easements on each side, so total of 400 ft easement | footprint.
- "footprint" cannot be closer than 100 feet to a home.
Preliminary Routing
The study area for the new transmission line includes portions of Bell, Burnet, Concho, Coryell, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Milam. San Saba, Schleicher, Tom Green and Williamson counties. The new line will connect LCRA TSC’s new 765-kV Big Hill Substation planned for Schleicher County (which will be constructed adjacent to LCRA TSC’s existing 345-kV Big Hill Substation) to Oncor’s existing Bell County East Switch in Bell County. The proposed project end points are about 199 miles apart. Read more HERE
LCRA site - maps, interactive map, information. On LCRA's page, scroll down to get to maps and their INTERACTIVE MAP tool.
Interactive mapping tool: Zoom in and out on aerial imagery that depicts preliminary alternate transmission line route segments and property line information obtained from the county appraisal district. Note: High-speed internet is recommended.
GOOD READ! from an INSUSTRY INSIDER - shared by a neighbor
https://publish.obsidian.md/bighill765/Misc/Notable+Commentary/From+an+Industry+Insider
Concerns about Safety, Health, Environmental, and Other Effects
San Antonio to Fort Sockton
Link: https://www.aep.com/news/stories/view/10165/
more to come ...
The road ahead - 765kV transmission lines in Texas
Glen Rose to Forsan
Oncor Electric is planning to build a large transmission line that will run from Glen Rose to Forsan Texas, and all of the proposed routes go through parts of the Big Country.
High Voltage 765 kV Power Line Noise
Indiana
The sounds of silence - NOT!
Oncor Electric is planning to build a large transmission line that will run from Glen Rose to Forsan Texas, and all of the proposed routes go through parts of the Big Country.
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