CHEYENNE, Wyo.—A detailed federal review of a proposed $3 billion power line that would run through Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and Nevada and deliver power to the Southwest will be delayed about six months, a Bureau of Land Management spokeswoman said.
The project’s size and the multiple states involved have made for a complicated review process that aims to find the best route for the transmission line, BLM spokeswoman Beverly Gorny said.
TransWest Express LLC, a subsidiary of the Anschutz Corp., wants to build the 725-mile line to provide power generated mostly from renewable wind energy sources in Wyoming to some 1.8 million homes in Southern California, Arizona and Nevada. MORE …
