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October 18, 2016

High-voltage power lines to thread through Idaho

  • The two segments will be part of the 1,000-mile Gateway West transmission line that will move electricity from Wyoming to points west.
    • By KEITH RIDLER
    Associated Press

    BOISE, Idaho — Federal officials released a plan for two high-voltage transmission lines in southwestern Idaho that avoid sage grouse habitat and private land but cross about 9 miles of conservation area for raptors.

    The U.S. Bureau of Land Management released its final environmental impact statement earlier this month for the two segments of the Gateway West project proposed by Idaho Power and Rocky Mountain Power.


     
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