Like highways, transmission lines get congested when they're carrying too much traffic, with the resulting traffic jams creating problems across the state. ERCOT has already intervened to manage ...

The plan calls for the construction of 765-kilovolt transmission lines, which are designed to carry more electricity than the 345-kilovolt lines currently standard in the ERCOT grid. The Public ...

It’s the first step in a $33 billion plan to build a statewide system of lines that will carry more ... “Our location near the center of the ERCOT transmission system makes us a critical ...

Hundreds of residents from the Big Country gathered in Sweetwater on Tuesday for the second of three open house events hosted ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, April 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- AEP Texas is set to build one of the first 765-kV transmission line projects in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to support ...

ERCOT has yet to find an answer to a chokepoint ... needs more electricity than is available to be serviced by the transmission lines, that's a choke point. And so, what we've seen come out ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — AEP Texas is gearing up to build one of the first-ever 765-kilovolt transmission lines under the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT. The Public Utility ...

of Energy selected four “construction-ready” transmission ... the barrier between ERCOT and the rest of the country.” The Cimarron Link, a planned 400-mile, 1,900-MW line between Texas ...

The devastating 2021 freeze that killed hundreds and caused dayslong outages for millions across Texas highlighted a fact previously little-known to the general public: Texas is the only state in ...

on Thursday approved a plan to build the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region's first extra high voltage transmission lines to meet the Permian Basin's rapidly growing power needs.

American Electric Power, AEP Texas’ parent company, owns 2,110 miles of 765-kV transmission lines, more than any other transmission system in North America. AEP’s experience with 765-kV began ...