Keyword: 700mileline https://freerepublic.com/tag/700mileline/ en-us Tue, 18 Apr 2023 18:50:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 It Took 15 Years for the Feds To Approve a 700-Mile Electric Line https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4146506/posts In November 2007, the original iPhone was barely four months old, Barack Obama was considered a long shot to win the Democratic nomination for president, and Steph Curry was a sophomore playing basketball for little-known Davidson College. That same month, the TransWest Express Transmission Project filed its first request with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), seeking permission to build a 732-mile electric transmission line to connect a wind farm in southern Wyoming with a power grid serving the rapidly growing area around Las Vegas. Last week, the BLM granted permission for the line to be built. We've blown through... Reason https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4146506/posts#comment Tue, 18 Apr 2023 18:50:00 GMT