Project No Project

Northern California Transmission Line, Transmission Agency of Northern California, Lassen County

STATUS: Killed
 
TYPE: Transmission Line
 
OPPOSITION: Landowners
 
PROSPECTS: Unlikely 
 

Gateway West Transmission Line Project, Idaho Power and Rocky Mountain Power

STATUS: In progress, with opposition
 
TYPE: Transmission Line
 
OPPOSITION: Residents near Laramie Range, Northern Laramie Range Alliance, landowners in Burley, Citizens for Responsible Development
 
PROSPECTS:  Prolonged Delay 

Green Path North Renewable Electricity Transmission Line

STATUS: In progress, with opposition

OPPOSITION: NGOs, such as Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, California Desert Coalition, The Redlands Conservancy, Friends of Big Morongo Canyon Preserve, and Stop Green Path North Project. Also, governments of several localities through which the project would pass have adopted formal resolutions opposing the Green Path North, including: County of Riverside; San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors; Coachella Valley Association of Governments; City of Desert Hot Springs; Yucca Valley Town Council; Morongo Valley Community Services District; Joshua Tree Municipal Advisory Council; Twentynine Palms City Council; Lucerne Valley Economic Development Association; Johnson Valley Improvement Association; and Homestead Valley Community Council.

PROSPECTS: Indeterminate

Sunrise Powerlink Renewable Electricity Transmission Line

STATUS: In progress, with opposition

OPPOSITION: A wide range of NGOs, including national groups Sierra Club and Center for Biological Diversity, and local groups Desert Protective Council and North County Coastal Group.

PROSPECTS: Likely

American Transmission Company (ATC), Arrowhead-Weston Line

STATUS: Completed. Became operational January 2008.

OPPOSITION: landowners, local communities, government officials (names/groups not specified in source material)

PROSPECTS: Completed after delays

Xcel Energy - CapX2020 Project - 700 mile project

STATUS: In progress, with opposition.

OPPOSITION: The Citizens Energy Task Force (CETF)

PROSPECTS: Likely. The Upper Midwest's electric transmission grid has not had a major upgrade in nearly 30 years. The region's electricity use - projected to grow 4,000 to 6,000 MW by 2020 - is more than the current grid can handle.

Appalachian Power - Sunscape Project

STATUS: In progress, with opposition.

OPPOSITION: Neighbors Opposed to Power Encroachment, a citizens group consisting of area neighborhood residents

PROSPECTS: Indeterminate

International Transmission Company (ITC) - Green Power Express

STATUS: Development stage, with opposition.

OPPOSITION: Citizen's Energy Task Force

PROSPECTS: Indeterminate

Southern California Edison, Presidential Substation Project (Moorpark to Thousand Oaks)

STATUS: In progress, with opposition.

OPPOSITION: local residents

PROSPECTS: Likely

TrAIL Project - (proposed line from SW Penn through WV to Northern VA)

STATUS: In progress, with opposition.

OPPOSITION: Sierra Club; Stop the Towers; Energy Conservation Council; Piedmont Environmental Council

PROSPECTS: Indeterminate