Monitoring the SessionHB 184
Filed
THE TEXT
“The commission may not approve the construction of a 765-kilovolt transmission line”…
Bill text, introduced version (I)
The caption describes only a feasibility study, but the body bars the commission from approving any 765-kilovolt line, including a named project, until that study is done. That bar is the bill's real bite and the caption does not say so.
Caption mismatchInitial review · graded Nov 9, 2026 · How we grade
relating to a study by the Public Utility Commission of Texas on the feasibility of constructing certain extra high voltage transmission lines.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Caption: a study. Bill: no 765-kilovolt line approvals, Permian Basin Reliability Plan included, until it’s done.
The bill bars the Public Utility Commission from approving any 765-kilovolt transmission line, including the Permian Basin Reliability Plan, until the commission studies how such lines perform, what they cost ratepayers, what drives cost overruns, and what supply chain and workforce limits could slow them. It touches the commission, the grid operator's planned extra high voltage buildout, and the utilities and ratepayers who would pay for it, and it requires an outside party that has not worked on similar grid studies since 2020 to review the results. On the ground, approval of these big lines pauses until the study is done, and the whole rule expires September 1, 2029.
Labels: BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 89R SB 1665 by Sen. Schwertner (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R and 89R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 89R and 90R. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
90R-HB184 · 2026-11-09
relating to a study by the Public Utility Commission of Texas on the feasibility of constructing certain extra high voltage transmission lines.
Caption: a study. Bill: no 765-kilovolt line approvals, Permian Basin Reliability Plan included, until it’s done.
The bill bars the Public Utility Commission from approving any 765-kilovolt transmission line, including the Permian Basin Reliability Plan, until the commission studies how such lines perform, what they cost ratepayers, what drives cost overruns, and what supply chain and workforce limits could slow them. It touches the commission, the grid operator's planned extra high voltage buildout, and the utilities and ratepayers who would pay for it, and it requires an outside party that has not worked on similar grid studies since 2020 to review the results. On the ground, approval of these big lines pauses until the study is done, and the whole rule expires September 1, 2029.
[x] CAPTION MISMATCHanalysis confidence 55%
THE TEXT
“The commission may not approve the construction of a 765-kilovolt transmission line”…
Bill text, introduced version (I)
The caption describes only a feasibility study, but the body bars the commission from approving any 765-kilovolt line, including a named project, until that study is done. That bar is the bill's real bite and the caption does not say so.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
DATA CENTERS, WATER AND THE GRID
THE TEXT
…“including but not limited to approval for the execution of the Permian Basin Reliability Plan (Project 55718)”
Bill text, introduced version (I)
The bill pauses approval of extra high voltage grid lines, including a named Permian Basin project, pending a study focused on the costs to residential ratepayers.
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$50,000.00
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$25,083.33
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Report IDs: 101010888, 101033988, 101072692.
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$50,000.00
Also funds 32 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Feb 20, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · on Jul 6, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101069356.
$25,083.33
Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Jun 25, 2025 to Sep 29, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101010888, 101033988, 101072692.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by a super-expensive superintelligence, Nov 9, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 89R and now. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
by Sen. Schwertner, different lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 11, 2025: Referred to Business & Commerce
Relating to a study by the Public Utility Commission of Texas on the feasibility of constructing certain extra high voltage transmission lines.
Caption, 89R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 9, 2026
11/09/2026 H Filed
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Nov 10, 2026 at 2:31 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Interim Studies
Utilities--Electric
PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION
The text as introduced · 339 words
By: Slawson H.B. No. 184 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to a study by the Public Utility Commission of Texas on the feasibility of constructing certain extra high voltage transmission lines. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Utilities Code, is amended by adding Section 39.1671 to read as follows: Sec. 39.1671. STUDY OF CONSTRUCTION OF 765-KILOVOLT TRANSMISSION LINE. (a) The commission may not approve the construction of a 765-kilovolt transmission line, including but not limited to approval for the execution of the Permian Basin Reliability Plan (Project 55718) as recommended in the Texas 765-kilovolt Strategic Transmission Expansion Plan submitted by the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region, unless the commission first conducts a study to consider: (1) the performance of extra high voltage transmission lines under a variety of dispatch scenarios, including different times of day, times of year, and weather conditions; (2) estimated costs to ratepayers, with a particular emphasis on the estimated costs to residential customers; (3) factors that may contribute to cost overruns and potential mitigation of cost overruns; and (4) supply chain and workforce limitations that may delay project buildout or contribute to cost overruns. (b) Subject to Subsection (c), the commission shall submit the results of the study conducted under Subsection (a) to an independent third party for review. (c) The commission may not submit the results of the study to a third party that conducted a similar study of extra high voltage transmission lines on behalf of the independent organization certified under Section 39.151 for the ERCOT power region or another market participant after January 1, 2020. (d) This section expires September 1, 2029. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2027.