Get Involved
The effort to keep the Howards Solstice transmission line out of our pristine Hill Country riverways and the contributing zone for the Edwards Aquifer needs you, your neighbors, and organizations across our region onboard. Sign up below as a member of the coalition -- our numbers matter -- and to subscribe to our email updates. Scroll further for a draft email you can use to inform your contacts and invite them to join us. At the bottom of this page, you will find a list of our current coalition members and other organizations that support our call to action.
If you are involved with an organization that can support this effort by adopting a resolution, please email preservethehillcountry@gmail.com we will be happy to send you a template to start from.
Add your name to our coalition and join our mailing list. Our strength in contesting this issue comes through greater numbers.
Join The Coalition
Members of the Hill Country Preservation Coalition have been working to protect our natural resources, pristine rivers, our tourist-attracting views and our land-based economy. We continue to work in the best interest of the Hill Country and offer practical considerations against the routing of these high-power lines:
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Avoid highly sensitive rural, natural and riparian areas in and around pristine rivers including the Medina, Sabinal, Frio, Nueces and Devils River.
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Avoid land fragmentation of ranches and generational heritage properties.
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Protect private landowners rights and their land stewardships practices.
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Justly compensate affected landowners with true Market Value, and limit the power of eminent domain (land condemnation) to use land only when it is absolutely necessary.
Take Action
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Write A letter to the Editor
It takes only a little time to write a letter to your newspaper editor. We know they won’t publish everything we write, but the more letters they receive on an issue, the more likely they are to publish our op-eds. Here you’ll find letter template to set you on your way.
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Contact Your Representatives
Contact your state and local representatives and let them know you want transmission line routes that do the least amount of harm to the Texas Hill Country. Urge them to contact CPS/AEP and request additional time to consider alternative routes that keep the transmission lines out of our beloved river basins.
We need your Voices!
The Texas Public Utility Commission has opened a forum to share your voice online. Create a document and follow the provided instructions to share your thoughts on the impacts of the proposed segment near you.
Donate Today
Your donation will directly increase our outreach efforts to preserve the beauty of the Hill Country for future generations. Collected through the Hill Country Alliance, your support will benefit HCPC and allow our people to build a solid coalition to protect the heart of the Hill Country.
