Western transmission line breaks ground after 18-year wait
21 Jun 2023
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At a groundbreaking for a massive transmission line that was mired in bureaucratic delays for nearly two decades, Biden officials promised Tuesday to speed up expansion of the nation’s electric grid.
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm traveled to Wyoming for a ceremony to celebrate work on the 732-mile TransWest Express Transmission project. The line will add 3,000 megawatts of transmission capacity, sending electrons from what is set to be the country’s largest onshore wind project in Wyoming across four states for use in California, Arizona and Nevada.
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