The Bureau of Land Management and the Western Area Power Administration are seeking public comment on an environmental impact statement that will evaluate the potential impacts of constructing the TransWest Express 600-kilovolt direct current transmission line project, which is proposed to cross portions of Colorado, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming.
The proposed line would transmit up to 3,000 megawatts per year of electricity generated primarily from planned renewable energy facilities in Wyoming to respond to anticipated load growth in the southwestern United States. Alternative routes identified so far would affect federal, state, and private lands. Authorization of this proposal may result in the amendment of U.S. Forest Service and BLM land and resource management plans.
The BLM and Western expect to host 23 open-house meetings at various locations in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Nevada along the proposed corridor to provide the public an opportunity to review the proposal and project information. Right now, the BLM and Western are analyzing proposed routes and alternative routes for the TWE Project. The proposed alternative route follows I-70 only for a short distance near Green River. It then generally follows the corridor where the existing power line goes, up Cottonwood Draw, near the point of Cedar Mountain, etc.
The proposed line would transmit up to 3,000 megawatts per year of electricity generated primarily from planned renewable energy facilities in Wyoming to respond to anticipated load growth in the southwestern United States. Alternative routes identified so far would affect federal, state, and private lands. Authorization of this proposal may result in the amendment of U.S. Forest Service and BLM land and resource management plans.
The BLM and Western expect to host 23 open-house meetings at various locations in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Nevada along the proposed corridor to provide the public an opportunity to review the proposal and project information. Right now, the BLM and Western are analyzing proposed routes and alternative routes for the TWE Project. The proposed alternative route follows I-70 only for a short distance near Green River. It then generally follows the corridor where the existing power line goes, up Cottonwood Draw, near the point of Cedar Mountain, etc.
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