Only with every affected landowner’s written consent and all rights-of-way bought.
The bill lets an electric utility build a longer transmission line without first amending its state certificate, raising the limit from three miles to five miles for lines that connect to a substation or metering point serving customers. It touches electric utilities, the Public Utility Commission, and landowners along short new lines. More short lines can skip commission review, but only if every directly affected landowner gives written consent and all rights-of-way have already been bought.
relating to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to
construct an electric transmission line.
WHAT IT DOES
Only with every affected landowner’s written consent and all rights-of-way bought.
The bill lets an electric utility build a longer transmission line without first amending its state certificate, raising the limit from three miles to five miles for lines that connect to a substation or metering point serving customers. It touches electric utilities, the Public Utility Commission, and landowners along short new lines. More short lines can skip commission review, but only if every directly affected landowner gives written consent and all rights-of-way have already been bought.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill widens the zone where utilities can run power lines to load-serving substations without amending their certificate, as long as every affected landowner consents in writing.
SIGNED FOR BY
House · 135 yea · 0 nay
Senate · 31 yea · 0 nay
Sources
House: Final passage · May 2, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Senate: Final passage · May 28, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to third reading, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records final passage. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Sources
HB 3092 (Schwertner) Relating to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct an electric transmission line. (viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to third reading, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records suspension of the three-day rule. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Sources
HB 3092 (Schwertner) Relating to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct an electric transmission line. (viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to third reading, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records passage to third reading. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Voice vote. No numeric tally or individual yeas are inferred.
Sources
HB 3092 (Schwertner) Relating to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct an electric transmission line. (viva voce vote) (31-0) (31-0)
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
89R9042 SCR-D
By: Gerdes
H.B. No. 3092
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to
construct an electric transmission line.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.052(c), Utilities Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) An electric utility is not required to amend the
utility's certificate of public convenience and necessity to
construct a transmission line that connects the utility's existing
transmission facilities to a substation or metering point if:
(1) the transmission line does not exceed:
(A) five [ three ] miles in length, if the line
connects to a load-serving substation or metering point; or
(B) two miles in length, if the line connects to a
generation substation or metering point;
(2) each landowner whose property would be directly
affected by the transmission line, as provided by commission rules,
provides written consent for the transmission line; and
(3) all rights-of-way necessary for construction of
the transmission line have been purchased.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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