National ROW Right of Way · Eminent Domain &
Condemnation Consulting Firm
770+ miles approved · 3 Texas 765 kV projects

Texas has never built a 765,000-volt line before. Now one crosses your land.
What they pay you for it is the only part still open.

It takes a 200-foot right of way and towers up to 200 feet tall. They have a team — appraisers, right-of-way agents and lawyers who do this every day. You will find out by letter, and their number will already be written on it. Find out what your side of it is worth first.

No upfront cost. We are paid out of the increase above their first offer — if it does not move, you owe us nothing. If we look at your situation and do not believe we can move it, we tell you that too.

On the property owner's side since the 1980s  ·  We never represent the condemning agency  ·  No upfront cost

What is actually going up

Drawn to the same scale — the pole by your road, a 345 kV tower, and the 765 kV structures going in on this project.

up to ~200 ftPower pole~34 ft345 kV tower120–125 ft765 kV tower155–160 ft typical

Tower heights are Oncor’s own published figures for these projects. A standard 40-foot distribution pole stands about 34 feet above ground. The permanent easement corridor runs roughly 200 feet wide.

Almost every condemnation case is a fight about a number, not about the law.

Our documented results

Four first offers that moved once somebody read the appraisal.

Utility easement · Houston, TX
$16,000→$138,000 +762%
Damages their team missed.
Utility easement · Irving, TX
$12,000→$50,000 +317%
Damages their team missed.
Highway · Grand Parkway (SH 99), Chambers County, TX
$2.5M→$5M +100%
The agency’s appraisal left value out.
Highway · I‑35 expansion, McLennan County, TX
$20,000→$385,000 +1,825%
Their number missed value on the take.

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A photo of the offer is enough — a senior consultant reads it and tells you what we see.

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Four documented matters, each traced from the original offer letter to final settlement — two utility easements and two highway condemnations, labelled on each. Not an average and not a prediction; when we look at yours and think the number is close to right, we tell you so. National ROW is a right-of-way consulting firm — not a law firm and not a tax advisor — and nothing here is legal or tax advice.

Every one of those started as a first offer.

Each of those numbers was once a figure on a letter that somebody was told was fair. Send us yours — with their appraisal if they gave you one, a photo of the pages is enough — and a senior consultant will tell you what it left out.

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Five projects, five different stages

Which project is on your letter?

This is the question that costs Texas landowners the most, because two dockets can cover the same county and be at completely different stages. Find the docket number on whatever you received and tap it below. If you cannot find one, tap the county list instead.

Dinosaur–LongshoreDocket 59315Approved
Applicant
Oncor
Status
Approved 28 Aug 2026 — 4 motions for rehearing pending
Length
242.6 mi
Counties
13
Between
Glen Rose to Big Spring

The route is chosen and Oncor is surveying and completing engineering before easement offers go out. If your land is on this one, acquisition has started but your written offer has most likely not arrived yet.

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Longshore–Drill HoleDocket 59029Approved
Applicant
Oncor
Status
Approved 28 Aug 2026 — 2 motions for rehearing pending
Length
181.6 mi
Counties
8
Between
Big Spring to Reeves County

Route chosen, acquisition underway. This corridor runs through sparsely built country, so fewer tracts are affected — but the ones that are, are being worked now.

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Howard–SolsticeDocket 59336Approved
Applicant
AEP Texas / CPS Energy
Status
Approved 11 Sep 2026 — Modified Route 4 (order signed 18 Sep; not yet final)
Length
~370 mi (as filed)
Counties
14 (as filed)
Between
San Antonio to Pecos County

Not an Oncor project. AEP Texas and CPS Energy are the applicants, and the Commission selected Modified Route 4, which moves the line north of Uvalde County to parallel existing right of way. Routing is decided. What each owner is paid for it is not.

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Big Hill–Sand LakeDocket 59182No route chosen
Applicant
Oncor / LCRA TSC
Status
Remanded to SOAH 18 Sep 2026
Length
197–222 mi
Counties
12
Between
Ward County to Schleicher County

No route has been chosen. This is still a study corridor, which means your tract may or may not end up on the line. Nothing has been decided about your land yet.

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Bell County East–Big HillDocket 59475No route chosen
Applicant
Oncor / LCRA TSC
Status
Remanded to SOAH 18 Sep 2026
Length
214–244 mi
Counties
14
Between
Temple to Eldorado

No route has been chosen — still a study corridor. This case drew 6,600 filings, more than any other 765 kV docket, so it is being fought hard.

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Find your county51 Texas countiesEvery docket

On an approved route — offers are being made now (20)

Andrews CountyApproved routeBrown CountyApproved routeCallahan CountyApproved routeCoke CountyApproved routeColeman CountyApproved routeComanche CountyApproved routeCulberson CountyApproved routeEctor CountyApproved routeErath CountyApproved routeGlasscock CountyApproved routeHood CountyApproved routeHoward CountyApproved routeLoving CountyApproved routeMartin CountyApproved routeReeves CountyApproved routeRunnels CountyApproved routeSomervell CountyApproved routeSterling CountyApproved routeTaylor CountyApproved routeWinkler CountyApproved route

In a study area where no route has been chosen (33)

Atascosa CountyNo route chosenBandera CountyNo route chosenBell CountyNo route chosenBexar CountyNo route chosenBurnet CountyNo route chosenConcho CountyNo route chosenCoryell CountyNo route chosenCrane CountyNo route chosenCrockett CountyNo route chosenEdwards CountyNo route chosenIrion CountyNo route chosenKerr CountyNo route chosenKinney CountyNo route chosenLampasas CountyNo route chosenLlano CountyNo route chosenMason CountyNo route chosenMcCulloch CountyNo route chosenMedina CountyNo route chosenMenard CountyNo route chosenMilam CountyNo route chosenPecos CountyNo route chosenReagan CountyNo route chosenReal CountyNo route chosenSan Saba CountyNo route chosenSchleicher CountyNo route chosenSutton CountyNo route chosenTerrell CountyNo route chosenTom Green CountyNo route chosenUpton CountyNo route chosenUvalde CountyNo route chosenVal Verde CountyNo route chosenWard CountyNo route chosenWilliamson CountyNo route chosen

A few counties sit in two dockets at once — Howard is crossed by both approved routes, and Crockett and Pecos are in an Oncor study area and the AEP study area at the same time. If the paperwork is confusing, that is not you.

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All five projects, one page

Where these lines actually run

On three of these the route has been chosen. On two it has not — and there, the corridor drawn in grey is a study area, not a route. This one page shows the difference, so you can see at a glance whether the letter you received is about a line that is fixed or a line that is still being argued over.

Map of the entire Texas 765 kV transmission build: five PUCT dockets across 51 Texas counties. Three approved routes — Dinosaur to Longshore, Longshore to Drill Hole and Howard to Solstice — and two remanded to SOAH on 18 September 2026, Big Hill to Sand Lake and Bell County East to Big Hill.

Approved is not the same as final: an order stays open to motions for rehearing, and six motions are pending across the two Oncor dockets — the window to file them closed 22 September 2026, so no more are coming. Rehearing rarely moves a centerline, and it does not pause anyone’s easement negotiation — but it does mean the file is not closed. Corridor geometry read from Oncor’s public CCN mapping service on 9 September 2026. Docket status verified against the PUCT Interchange on 24 September 2026. County boundaries from the US Census Bureau. This is an approximation for orientation — it is not a survey, not an appraisal, and not legal advice.

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Found your docket? The number they offer is the part still open.

Routing is decided by the Commission. What you are paid for the easement is decided between you and a land agent — and that is the part a first offer usually gets wrong.

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You got the letter. A condemnation notice is overwhelming by design.

It arrives thick. Legal language, a plat you cannot read, an appraisal you did not order, a number already filled in, and a date near the bottom that makes it feel decided. It is built so that signing feels like the reasonable thing to do.

You are not stuck. The next few decisions just need to be made with better information than the envelope gave you.

What a first offer usually leaves out

Already have an offer letter in hand?

Send it over with their appraisal if they gave you one — a photo of the pages is enough. A senior consultant reads it and tells you what their number left out and whether it can be moved.

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Or call or text (469) 484-7960 — a senior consultant answers owners the same day.

What you actually get

A senior consultant, not a call center

A senior consultant reads every one of these and calls you back within the hour, 8am–6pm Central, Monday to Friday. Outside those hours, first thing the next morning.

Nothing out of pocket

We are paid out of the increase. If we look at your situation and do not believe we can move the number, we tell you that too — and you owe nothing either way.

Who you call matters

You don’t have to choose between valuation and legal protection.

Their right to take the land is usually not in question. What they owe you for it is.

Working with National ROW

Everything else — from day one
  • Read their appraisal and find what it left out
  • Build the real number — remainder damages, access, highest and best use
  • Carry the back-and-forth with the agency’s ROW agents
  • Name the attorney or independent appraiser if your file needs one — you engage them directly, on their own paper
  • Owner-side only — we never represent the agency, utility or pipeline
  • No upfront cost — contingency only

Legal counsel

What only an attorney can do
  • Advise you on your legal rights
  • File objections and challenges
  • Represent you at a hearing
  • Argue your case before a judge or jury
  • Handle court filings and legal deadlines

Most owners work with one or the other. Our clients get both.

National ROW does not practice law, does not give legal advice, and does not represent anyone in court. Nothing here is legal advice, and contacting us does not create an attorney-client relationship. That does not mean you face this alone — a senior consultant will tell you what your file needs and who should be on it.

You do not have to wait for the letter.

Right-of-way agents are working the approved routes now. The best time to understand what your land is worth is before the first offer is in front of you with a signature line under it.

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