Texas wires project advances, hurdles remain

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A transmission project to bring more electricity into Houston, at anrnestimated cost of about $600 million, moved toward realization withrnThursday's approval by state regulators, but opponents have morernremedies available to prevent its construction.rnAfter hours of testimony, the filing of 1,277 documents in tworndockets at the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and nine months inrna process originally slated to take 180 days, the PUC on Thursday votedrnto approve certificates of convenience and necessity for thernCenterPoint Energy Houston and Cross Texas Transmission to build arn345-kV line from a substation in the southeast portion of the ElectricrnReliability Council of Texas' North Hub to a substation in northwestrnHarris County in ERCOT's Houston Hub.