The Competitive Renewable Energy Zone transmission lines proposed to pass through West and Central Texas have a number of ranchers and small town dwellers up in arms about the effect the 200-foot-tall lattice towers would have on the scenic Texas Hill Country.

The Lower Colorado River Authority-Transmission Services Corp. proposes to construct three new, double-circuit, bundled conductor, 345-kilovolt transmission lines, primarily on double-circuit-capable lattice structures.

The CREZ projects - estimated to cost $4.9 billion - would transport electricity generated by renewable wind energy sources from remote areas of West Texas and the Panhandle to large cities throughout the state. The projects would... [continue via Web link]