SunZia fights requirement for transmission line to Pinal
Casa Grande Dispatch
The group in charge of a proposed $2 billion transmission line that would carry electricity generated by wind and solar in New Mexico to Pinal County is fighting against a requirement to guarantee it will put renewables on the line.
Opponents of the 515-mile-long SunZia Southwest Transmission Project want 50 percent of one of two lines to be set aside for only renewable energy, The Arizona Daily Star reports.
Peter Else, who opposes the lines through the mostly untouched San Pedro Valley, said promoting a power line as serving renewables and using it to carry only fossil fuels would be “the ultimate sin.”
