Commission begins environmental review of proposed SoCal Ed power transmission line

摘要

FERC staff last week started work on an environmental impact statement on a power transmission line Southern California Edison proposes to build in the Southwest.rnThe utility wants permission from FERC to build the Devers-Palo Verde II project (PV2), a proposed 230-mile transmission line from Arizona to California, even through the Arizona Corporation Commission rejected the application due to its anticipated environmental and economic impacts.rnFERC in May accepted SoCal Ed into the pre-filing process of its transmission corridor siting rule, which established filing requirements and procedures for entities seeking to build interstate power lines within DOE-designated national interest electric transmission corridors under section 1221 of the Energy Policy Act and section 216 of the Federal Power Act (IF, 19 Nov, 7).