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Obama to step up power line projects in Utah, other states

Last updated Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 11:45am

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration moved Wednesday to speed up permitting and construction of seven proposed electric transmission lines in Utah and 11 other states, saying the projects would create thousands of jobs and help modernize the nation's power grid.

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Power transmission lines are seen in New Mexico near the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Wednesday, June 8, 2011. Texas-based El Paso Electric uses two high voltage lines to bring electricity from the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station west of Phoenix to the two states. Losing the lines would cut off about 40 percent of the utility's supply, possibly triggering the rolling blackouts among its 372,000 customers. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Ariz. wildfire threatens power transmission lines

The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 5:36pm

SPRINGERVILLE, Ariz. — A raging forest fire in eastern Arizona that has forced thousands from their homes headed Wednesday for a pair of transmission lines that supply electricity to hundreds of thousands of people as far east as Texas.

The 607-square-mile blaze is expected to reach the power lines as early as Friday. If the lines are damaged, parts of New Mexico and Texas could face rolling blackouts.

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BLM reviews comments on proposed Western power line

The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, April 8, 2011 - 2:11pm

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- The Bureau of Land Management has received about 650 individual comments about a proposed $3 billion power line that would run through Utah and three other western states.

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Feds gather comment in Wyo. on proposed power line

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 2:10pm

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. -- Federal officials are still gathering comment on a proposed 725-mile power line that would run through four western states.

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Utah meetings set on 725-mile electric power line

The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, February 14, 2011 - 10:39am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Meetings are planned during the next two weeks in Utah's Millard, Iron and Washington counties on a proposal to build a 725-mile electricity transmission line from Wyoming to southern Nevada.

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Court rejects bid to establish corridors for electric transmission lines

Julie Cart, Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 10:16am

LOS ANGELES -- A federal court Tuesday rebuffed the U.S. Department of Energy's attempt to establish national interest corridors for new high-voltage electric transmission lines that would cover 100 million acres in 10 states, including Utah.

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