The Supreme Court + Texas ban on non-incumbent companies

 The US Solicitor General is arguing to the US Supreme Court that Texas’ ban on non-incumbent companies from building transmission in the state violates the U.S. Constitution’s Commerce Clause. “States … have no authority to grant monopolies in the interstate electric transmission markets comparable to their authority to grant monopolies in the market for retail distribution of natural gas,” the solicitor general said.

Utility Dive | Texas ban on non-incumbent transmission is unconstitutional: US solicitor general