By Dustin Bleizeffer
WyoFile.com 

TransWest Express poised to expand reach of Wyo renewables

 

Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile

A tower, pictured June 23, 2022, supports high-voltage transmission lines as part of PacifiCorp's new Gateway West transmission project in Carbon County. Construction will soon begin on the TransWest Express transmission project nearby to carry Wyoming wind energy to the Southwest.

After 15 years of planning and permitting, construction will begin this year on the TransWest Express high-voltage transmission line - a milestone expansion of Wyoming's electric power export industry to markets in the American Southwest and one of the largest transmission upgrades to the western grid in decades.

The Bureau of Land Management granted TransWest Express LLC a "notice to proceed" in April, culminating years of work and millions of dollars invested in a "vision" to bring Wyoming's renewable energy potential to the rest of the West, according to company officials.

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