Grid United Texas filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas for the Pecos West Intertie Project, a grid strengthening transmission project providing significant reliability, resiliency, and economic benefits to Texans within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and El Paso. The Pecos West project consists of two proposed 1,500 MW, high-voltage direct current converter stations in the West Texas region of ERCOT (near Bakersfield) and El Paso in the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), bridging two key Texas markets and delivering next generation enhancements to the state’s electric infrastructure. The HVDC converter stations will be connected by an approximately 250-300 mile HVDC intertie line. At 1,500 MW, Pecos West will provide more capacity to import power into the ERCOT region from other grids at times of scarcity than all of the currently existing Texas direct-current ties combined. Grid United Texas is seeking a determination by the PUC that the project is in the public interest and that the public convenience and necessity support the interconnection, permitting the project to proceed through additional federal and state approval processes. Grid United Texas will obtain all necessary approvals from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to ensure ERCOT’s jurisdictional status quo as part of its future regulatory filings.