High voltage power lines are meeting resistance from Texas lawmakers and celebrities. Backlash Grows Against Proposed 765-kV Central Texas Transmission LinesPublic and political resistance is intensifying against a huge high-voltage transmission line project that plans to cut through nearly 200 miles of Central Texas countryside. Currently under review by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC), the proposed 765-kilovolt network would cross multiple counties including Bell, Burnet, Coryell, Lampasas, and Concho. Critics argue that constructing the transmission lines across private ranches and farms will permanently alter historic family lands, damage wildlife habitats, lower property values, and hinder farming operations. Grid ReliabilityProponents of the infrastructure project maintain that expanding high-capacity transmission corridors is critical to reinforcing the state grid.