06/17/2026
𝐑𝐞𝐩. 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝟒𝟐 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝟕𝟔𝟓-𝐤𝐕 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬
𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑈𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 (𝑃𝑈𝐶), 𝑆𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑓 𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟𝑠
AUSTIN — State Representative David Spiller (R-Jacksboro) announced that he has joined 42 fellow Texas legislators in signing an amicus brief before the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) requesting that the Commission review the proposed 765-kV transmission buildout as a whole before making determinations on any individual project.
The amicus brief supports a motion filed by American Stewards of Liberty for limited procedural relief. It does not seek to stop the projects entirely, but rather asks the PUC to determine whether all five 765-kV projects are truly needed before any individual determinations are made. Routing studies, environmental reviews, and landowner proceedings would continue in the meantime.
Rep. Spiller has been raising concerns directly with the PUC on behalf of HD 68 landowners and communities since November 2025, including:
November 2025: Called on the Commission to allow more time to study potential impacts and evaluate alternative routes for the Dinosaur-Longshore and Bell County East-Big Hill projects, after hearing extensive concerns from local officials, landowners, and community members across the district.
March 2026: Raised specific concerns about landowners in Shackelford and Mills Counties who were added to proposed routing areas after initial outreach had already concluded elsewhere in the district.
April 2026: Broadened those concerns to include the overall timing, necessity, and cost of the proposed buildout, asking the Commission to more closely examine whether each project is truly needed at this time.
Signing the amicus brief is the next step in that same effort.
"I have been hearing from landowners and local officials across this district since last fall, and their concerns have only grown as this process has moved forward," said Rep. Spiller. "I have repeatedly asked the Commission to slow down, review the full record, and get this right. Taking the time to make an informed decision is not an obstacle to progress – it is responsible governance. These are generational decisions for the families and landowners I represent."
The amicus brief was signed by the following members of the Texas Legislature:
State Senators: Donna Campbell, Pete Flores, Brent Hagenbuch, Bob Hall, Joan Huffman, Lois Kolkhorst, Angela Paxton, Charles Perry, and Kevin Sparks.
State Representatives: Trent Ashby, Keith Bell, Greg Bonnen, Brad Buckley, David Cook, Charles Cunningham, James Frank, Sam Harless, Caroline Harris Davila, Richard Hayes, Hillary Hickland, Janis Holt, Andy Hopper, Carrie Isaac, Jeff Leach, Terri Leo Wilson, Shelly Luther, Don McLaughlin, Brent Money, Candy Noble, Mike Olcott, Angelia Orr, Katrina Pierson, Keresa Richardson, Alan Schoolcraft, Joanne Shofner, Shelby Slawson, David Spiller, Valoree Swanson, Ellen Troxclair, Cody Vasut, Wes Virdell, Trey Wharton, and Terry Wilson.
𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑑 𝑆𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝐻𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑡 68. 𝑇𝑤𝑜 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑑 765-𝑘𝑉 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛 𝐻𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑡 68: 𝐷𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑠𝑎𝑢𝑟–𝐿𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑒 (𝐵𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑛, 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑒, 𝐸𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑙𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝐸𝑎𝑠𝑡–𝐵𝑖𝑔 𝐻𝑖𝑙𝑙 (𝐿𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑎𝑏𝑎 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠).
