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Oil-rich Texas to build power lines for renewables, and landowners face possible eminent domain

by | Mar 25, 2026 | 765 Power Lines, Liberty Matters

Published by Just the News 

Despite being one of the most prolific oil and gas regions in the world, the state of Texas is proposing to build 200-foot high high-voltage power lines to support renewable energy. The routes will cross private land, and landowners in the Lone Star State are facing the threat of eminent domain.

Texas produces so much oil that if it were an independent country, it would rank in fourth or fifth place in the world’s top oil producers. Yet the state is still looking to build massive high-voltage transmission lines primarily to satisfy the needs of wind, solar and battery facilities. 

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For facts and background information, go to ASL’s “Stop theTexas 765 Power Grab” page.    

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