Land commissioner hears concerns about New Mexico to Pinal County transmission line
By Elena Ruiz | Deming News
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announces the approval of the SunZia Southwest Transmission Project at Sandia’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) Saturday, Jan. 24. /CREDIT- FLICKR:SANDIA LABS
Hoping to gain a better understanding of the proposed SunZia Southwest Transmission Line, New Mexico State Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn met with Luna County residents Tuesday evening to get public input.
“A lot of people have been dealing with this since ’06, we have been in office since January first,” Dunn said. “We have only been able to asses the project for about 70 days. When we put a stop to it, we were only in office 24 days.”
Dunn delayed the project moving forward by issuing a 60-day right-of-entry suspension to SunZia shortly after the transmission line project gained approval from the Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, and the Bureau of Land Management.
