Today, Texas Wildlife Association issued this statement following Wednesday’s Texas Senate Committee on Business and Commerce hearing and statements made today by Committee Chairman Charles Schwertner and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick:
The TWA is grateful to Lt. Governor Patrick, Senator Schwertner and other lawmakers for hearing the voices of rural Texans and taking unprecedented action to call on the Public Utilities Commission to halt consideration of 765-kV transmission line applications until public confidence in routing determination processes can be restored. Texas landowners are foundational to what Texas is today and must be a partner in the planning and development of any large infrastructure buildout.