Transmission
Mountain States Intertie Transmission Line (Idaho, Montana)
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Transmission OPPOSITION: Local residents PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: NorthWestern Energy has proposed to build the Mountain States Intertie Project (MSTI), a 430-mile, 500-kilovolt overhead transmission line carrying renewable energy from wind energy projects in Montana … Continue reading
Progress Energy Levy County Transmission Line, FL
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Transmission Line OPPOSITION: Public Citizen; Green Party of Florida; Ecology Party of Florida; Nuclear Information and Resource Service PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: Progress Energy is planning to construct about 200 miles of transmission lines needed … Continue reading
Southern California Edison (SCE), Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project
STATUS: In progress, with opposition. TYPE: Transmission Line OPPOSITION: City of Chino Hills, CA PROSPECTS: Likely. SCE says that when complete, the project will provide the high-voltage transmission infrastructure necessary to interconnect and deliver the renewable wind resources in the … Continue reading
Green Power Express: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Transmission OPPOSITION: Citizens Energy Task Force PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: Green Power Express is a $12 billion, 3,000-mile high-voltage transmission line across seven Midwestern states proposed by International Transmission Company (ITC). The project’s purpose is … Continue reading
TrAIL Project (Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Transmission OPPOSITION: Environmental groups, local residents PROSPECTS: Likely BACKGROUND: The Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line (TrAIL) is a new 500-kV transmission line extending from Southwestern Pennsylvania to West Virginia to Northern Virginia. The $820 million project … Continue reading
Green Path North Renewable Electricity Transmission Line, CA
STATUS: Killed TYPE: Transmission Line OPPOSITION: NGOs, such as Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, California Desert Coalition, The Redlands Conservancy, Friends of Big Morongo Canyon Preserve, and Stop Green Path North Project. Also, governments of several localities through which … Continue reading
Northern California Transmission Line, Transmission Agency of Northern California, Lassen County
STATUS: Killed TYPE: Transmission Line OPPOSITION: Landowners and farmers PROSPECTS: Unlikely BACKGROUND: In February 2009, the Transmission Agency of Northern California (TANC)—a consortium of municipal power providers—announced plans for a $1.5 billion, 600-mile transmission line project … Continue reading
Sunrise Powerlink Renewable Electricity Transmission Line, CA
STATUS: In progress, with opposition TYPE: Geothermal OPPOSITION: A wide range of NGOs, including national groups Sierra Club and Center for Biological Diversity, and local groups Desert Protective Council and East County Community Action Coalition. PROSPECTS: Likely BACKGROUND: San Diego … Continue reading
CapX2020 Transmission Project, Minnesota/North Dakota/South Dakota/Wisconsin
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Transmission OPPOSITION: City of Fergus Falls; Environmental Groups; Local residents PROSPECTS: Likely BACKGROUND: CapX2020 is a $1.7 billion high-voltage transmission line project that while mostly in Minnesota, connects lines in North Dakota, South Dakota … Continue reading
Gateway West Transmission Project, Idaho and Wyoming
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Transmission OPPOSITION: Local residents PROSPECTS: Likely BACKGROUND: Idaho Power and Rocky Mountain Power plan to construct and operate the Gateway West project, which consists of 11 transmission line segments that extend a total of … Continue reading