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Texans for Affordable Transmission
This page ran 9 paid political ads on Facebook and Instagram between 9 June 2026 and 23 October 2026. Meta reports $1.6–2.9K of spend, which makes it the 9,800th largest advertiser of the 24,034 pages in our data. Advertiser type: Group or campaign. Most of its spend took no side. Race: No specific race.
Data from the Meta Ad Library, pulled 4 November 2026. Election on 3 November 2026. · Every ad of this page in Meta’s Ad Library ↗
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$2.2K
reported spend, range $1.6–2.9K
0.0%
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$50
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Share of the 9 ads with text that our model classified. Attack ads name an opponent.
Most attacked
- incumbent utilities$50
Targets as the ads name them, by spend; the spellings of Donald Trump are counted together, other names as written.
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Spend by race: No specific race 100%.
Spend by ad language: English 100%.
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The highest-spend ad of each distinct text, as it ran.
Competitive bids for transmission projects have come in about 40% below initial cost estimates. Those savings mean lower costs for consumers. Sign up now. Add your voice.
6 October 2026 · Texans for Affordable Transmission · $1.5–2K · 50K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
Texas is about to spend $33 billion on new power lines. Under current laws, those projects go to the incumbent utilities with no competitive bid. Every other part of our power market competes. Barry Smitherman on why transmission should, too » https://bit.ly/4xKzoGb
6 October 2026 · Texans for Affordable Transmission · $100 – $199 · 35K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library
Competition pushes transmission developers to innovate. Aurora Energy Research found that competitive projects introduced advanced engineering solutions more frequently, including new cable designs and installation methods. Texas needs competitive bidding to bring that same innovation to future transmission projects. Learn what the study found » https://bit.ly/4jALQF1
23 October 2026 · Texans for Affordable Transmission · $0 – $99 · 10K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Competition has delivered results across Texas’ energy market. Why should transmission be any different? TAT Chairman Barry Smitherman testified before the Senate Business & Commerce Committee on how competitive transmission will help lower costs for Texans as the state prepares for significant new transmission investment. As Barry put it: “Competition is good for the consumer.”
12 October 2026 · Texans for Affordable Transmission · $0 – $99 · 2K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library
Market competition on its worst day is better than government regulation on its best day. Texans remember when we deregulated electricity generation and bills went down. Now is the time to apply the same Texas logic to transmission. $33 billion is on the line. The choice is competition or a monopoly. There is only one right answer. ➤ Read the full op-ed by Barry Smitherman: https://bit.ly/4vx9mpa.
17 June 2026 · Texans for Affordable Transmission · $0 – $99 · 5K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
$33 billion in Texas transmission projects are coming. The largest and most expensive grid buildout in Texas history. Who builds it matters. Right now the answer is whoever gets handed the contract, no questions asked. Competitive bidding on projects this size could save Texas ratepayers billions. But only if we fight for it now. ➤ Read the full op-ed by Barry Smitherman: https://bit.ly/4vx9mpa.
16 June 2026 · Texans for Affordable Transmission · $0 – $99 · 5K+ impressions · Informational · Ad Library
Figures cover domestic political ads paid in dollars, from 4 May 2026. Spend is the sum of Meta’s range midpoints; impressions above one million are reported as “1M+”, so impression figures are floors. Each ad counts in the week its delivery started, with its lifetime spend at our last pull; ads still running before the vote are counted as of 31 October 2026.
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