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If At First You Don’t Succeed… New Routes For Eastern Oregon Power Line

November 12, 2009
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With possibly two new high voltage power lines coming to NW Oregon and SW Washington, here’s a reminder that we’re not the only ones dealing with these issues.

For more than a year, Idaho Power has been trying to find a route for a 500 kilovolt transmission line from Boardman, Ore. to Hemingway, Idaho. That’s about 300 miles long, cutting through forests, farm land and range.

The first proposed routes were so badly received that Idaho Power dropped them and started all over from scratch.

So what are they looking at now? The latest map, courtesy the Stop Idaho Power blog, resembles a giant multicolored spider’s web covering most of Eastern Oregon. While the first routes were roughly parallel to I-84, this newest map includes routes that could run north into Washington, or as far south as Burns.

Anti-LNG Bill May Also Block NE Oregon Power Line

April 9, 2009
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Who says Oregonians from opposite sides of the state can’t find common ground?

People from Northwest and Northeast Oregon are coming to the state capitol today to show support for House Bill 3153. The bill’s purpose is to keep energy facilities, such as pipelines and powerlines, away from forests and farm land. Energy facilities would be banned from these rural areas if most of the power being generated goes to cities and towns.

The bill’s sponsors are from Northwest Oregon where people are worried about LNG plants and pipelines. But according to the Baker City Herald, the bill is also attracting a lot of interest in Northeast Oregon because it could be used to block a proposed high voltage transmission line.

Idaho Power is trying to build the line from Boardman, Oregon to a site south of Nampa, Idaho. The routes under consideration are roughly parallel to I-84 as it crosses the Northeast corner of the state.

The hearing before the House Sustainability and Economic Development Committee begins at 1pm in Hearing Room E.

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