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NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc. et al v. Paxton et al

  1. October 29, 2024

    Judge Rules Texas Grid Projects Law Unconstitutional

    A Texas federal judge on Monday ruled that a right of first refusal law in Texas reserving new power line development for the state's incumbent transmission companies violates the U.S. Constitution's commerce clause.

  2. October 15, 2024

    Texas Regulators Oppose Bid To Open Up Texas Grid Projects

    The Public Utility Commission of Texas and three electricity companies have fired back at an independent electric transmission developer's attempt to halt a Texas law reserving new power line development for incumbent transmission companies.

  3. March 18, 2024

    NextEra Moves For Victory In Texas Power Grid Law Row

    NextEra units want a Texas federal court to invalidate a state law reserving new power line development for incumbent transmission companies after the Lone Star State failed in its bid to overturn a Fifth Circuit opinion finding the measure unconstitutional.

  4. March 16, 2020

    Judge Won't Halt Texas Power Grid Law During Appeal

    A Texas federal judge has rejected NextEra Energy's bid to halt enforcement of a law affecting construction of the state's electric grid while it's challenged in the Fifth Circuit, saying the power transmission builder is unlikely to eventually prevail.

  5. March 10, 2020

    Texas Utility Regulator Defends Grid Law Against NextEra

    Texas' utility regulator has told a federal court that if it blocks enforcement of a state power transmission law while NextEra Energy Inc. appeals its failed challenge to the statute, current projects would be disrupted and ratepayers would face undue financial burdens. 

  6. March 03, 2020

    NextEra Seeks To Blunt Texas Grid Law Amid 5th Circ. Appeal

    A NextEra Energy Inc. unit on Monday urged a Texas federal judge to shield its proposed transmission projects from the state's new law allowing only incumbent transmission companies to build new power lines, saying an injunction is needed as it appeals dismissal of its claims to the Fifth Circuit. 

  7. February 27, 2020

    Texas Beats Constitutional Challenge To Grid Project Law

    A federal judge tossed a challenge Wednesday to the Lone Star State's recently enacted law that only incumbent transmission companies can build new power lines that connect to their existing system, rejecting an out-of-state developer's argument that the law discriminates against non-Texas companies.

  8. December 03, 2019

    DOJ Shut Out Of Courtroom In Texas Grid Law Fight

    The U.S. Department of Justice can't participate in a courtroom hearing over the constitutionality of a Texas grid construction law, a federal judge has found, saying the government already made its case in filed briefings.

  9. November 18, 2019

    NextEra Says Texas Grid Law Threatens Transmission Project

    NextEra Energy told a Texas federal court it is at risk of losing a contract to build a transmission line project because of a new state law that says only incumbent transmission companies can build new transmission lines that connect to their existing systems, and asked the court to immediately halt the law.

  10. November 13, 2019

    Texas Pushes Back Against DOJ In Grid Project Law Case

    Texas has defended a recently enacted state law that dictates only incumbent transmission companies can build new power lines that connect to their existing systems, pushing back against arguments from the U.S. Department of Justice that the law discriminates against out-of-state entities.