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| (Map courtesy Bureau of Land Management) |
Federal officials have unveiled draft plans for a proposed $1.5 billion power line linking central New Mexico with southeast Arizona across at least 460 miles of federal, state, local and privately owned lands.
The Bureau of Land Management said Tuesday that it is seeking public comment on the SunZia Southwest Transmission Line Project that calls for two new 500 kilovolt transmission lines and up to five new substations, depending on the final route selected.
The transmission lines are expected to spur development of renewable energy resources – including geothermal energy – throughout the desert Southwest by linking the region to an interstate power grid.
