The deadline for filing for Intervenor status is 5 PM Wednesday, April 1st, 2026
04-01-36
By Michael Robinson | Uvalde Hesperian
Top Picture by Robinson: Texas State Representative District 8o Don McLaughlin and an meeting attendee view a map of proposed transmission line routes
VIDEO: Citizen questions eminent domain legitimacy of Howard Solstice Transmission Line Project
With the deadline ticking down on the deadline for landowners and those affected to file for intervenor status on the Howard Solstice Transmission Line Route, a three-member panel speaking for the newly formed non-profit Hill Country Preservation Coalition spoke to roughly 50 people at the Ssgt. Willie de Leon Civic Center informing the audience about the project, including going over action and decision deadlines and fielded questions about the project that will likely impact landowners in Uvalde County and surrounding areas.
According to the Public Utilities Commission website, “Intervenors are people directly affected by a particular issue or action and are full and active participants in a proceeding at the PUCT. They can make legal arguments, conduct discovery, file testimony, cross-examine witnesses, and, if they testify, can be cross-examined by other parties.”
The deadline is Wednesday, April 1st at 5PM to file for Intervenor Status. The application link can be found here.
When filling out the form include docket 59336, your details, why it hits you (land crossed, nearby impact, whatever), sign and date today. Upload to https://interchange.puc.texas.
According to Coalition VP Amanda Griffin, 48 of the 77 proposed routes go through Uvalde County.
Griffin indicated that stopping the project is likely unrealistic but with citizen engagement, the process could slow the route approval process down.
“We need to slow down the process,” she said.
According to Griffin, every property owner within 500 feet of a proposed transmission line should have gotten a packet sent to them. A few of those attending said they didn’t get a packet.
One couple who the Hesperian did talk to after the meeting had a map showing the location of their home just feet from a proposed transmission line.
“We don’t have any obligation to make this easy for them,” Griffin said.
