- A 416-mile transmission line will connect Wyoming to Utah.
- 2 GW of new RE to be integrated into the Grid through new lines.
The US administration has approved the Energy Gateway South Transmission line running from Wyoming to Utah. The approval was given last week for the project aimed at supporting the integration of up to 2 GW of new renewable energy and the reliability of the existing generation.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) gave the notice to proceed on the project, giving legal authority to PacifiCorp to commence the construction of the 416-mile line from the Aeolus substation close to Medicine Bow in Wyoming to the Clover substation near Mona in Utah. The project, extending through Colorado, is part of PacifiCorp’s Energy Gateway Transmission Expansion plan to build 2,000 miles of transmission lines across the western part of the US.
In a recent release by PacifiCorp, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, construction will begin in the early days of June. The line is expected to become operational by 2024.
BLM also noted that the approval is part of the US administration’s efforts to upgrade power infrastructure in the west and allow at least 25 GW of solar, wind and geothermal energy on public lands by 2025.