The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in a recent news release announced the approval of the construction of the Energy Gateway South Transmission Line as part of the Biden administration’s efforts to upgrade the nation's power infrastructure in the West.

According to the BLM news release, the project will create about 1,325 jobs and will bring as much as 2,000 megawatts of renewable energy into the grid while also ensuring that current generation options remain viable.

"BLM-managed public lands will continue to serve an important role in modernizing the nation’s infrastructure as we advance President Biden’s goal of achieving a net-zero economy by 2050,” Tracy Stone-Manning, director of the bureau, said in the BLM news release. 

The BLM noted in its release that the transmission lines will result in greener and less expensive power that will result in lower costs for consumers. Pacificorp noted on its website that the line will cover some 400 miles from a planned Aeolus Substation in southeastern Wyoming to the Clover Substation located in Mona, Utah.

The company also noted on its website that the Sigurd to Red Butte Line, known as Segment G, will be a prime part of its Energy Gateway expansion effort and will be the third segment of the project to be completed. 

According to the company’s website, the high-voltage transmission line will handle 345 kilovolts and will cover 170 miles, from the Sigurd Substation near Richfield, Utah, to the Red Butte Substation, located near Central, Utah. The company noted that the Sigurd to Red Butte project was completed seven years ago, and the company issued an Integrated Resource Plan three years ago that included plans to build the Gateway South project. 

For a copy of the environmental impact of the project, visit https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning.