Obama to step up power line projects

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http://news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-obama-step-power-line-projects-071117954.html


The Obama administration wants to speed up permitting and construction of seven proposed electric transmission lines in 12 states, as it moves to create jobs and modernize the nation's power grid.

The projects are intended to serve as pilot demonstrations of streamlined federal permitting and improved cooperation among federal, state and tribal governments. The lines will provide electricity in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

The projects are expected to create thousands of jobs, help avoid blackouts, restore power more quickly when outages occur and reduce the need for new power plants.

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The projects are:

— A 500 kilovolt (kV), 300-mile transmission line proposed by Idaho Power in Oregon and Idaho.

— 1,150 miles of high-voltage lines across Wyoming and Idaho.

— A 210-mile, 500 kV line near Salem, Ore.

— Two 500 kV transmission lines in Arizona and New Mexico.

— A 700-mile, 600 kV transmission line in Wyoming, Utah and Nevada. The project is intended to help develop new wind projects in Wyoming.

— A 345 kV transmission line in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

— A 145-mile, 500 kV transmission line in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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good!

[ensho]

1. I thought this would get a lot of hoorays here?

its jobs! among other good things.

[snooper2]

2. They are still trying to get a talking point of why this is bad...

or why it took so long...


or or or...:rofl:

This is Malcontent Underground isn't it :P


Didn't you read the DOMA threads?

[NNN0LHI]

3. You thought this would get a lot of hoorays here?

:rofl:

[mopinko]

4. hooray!! jobs!!

and really badly needed if renewables are going to go anywhere.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

5. Lack of powerlines are hurting solar projects in California

some of it is local NIMBY

[XemaSab]

6. There are a bunch of lines currently under construction

Other than the TANC line, I think they've all gone through.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

8. Solar projects in the Mojave have not gone forward due to the lack of line capacity

is the claim of multiple companies. SCE has expressed some concern about mine.

[HappyMe]

7. Great! Jobs!

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