Hundreds seek to intervene in transmission line case

More than 600 landowners, businesses and governmental entities have filed motions to intervene in a pending transmission line case before the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

The filings come as part of the Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (CCN) case for the proposed Howard-Solstice 765-kilovolt transmission line, a project backed by AEP Texas and CPS Energy that would span more than 350 miles across West Texas and the Hill Country.

According to filing information submitted to the commission, intervenors include commissioners courts from Kerr, Edwards, Real and Val Verde counties, as well as hundreds of private landowners and property holders along the proposed route.