Major energy projects in Nevada have been approved by the federal government, including a transmission line that will run for hundreds of miles along the state’s border with California.
The Greenlink West Transmission Project will create a system of new transmission lines and facilities from North Las Vegas to Reno, passing through several counties, according to a Sept. 9 press release from the Department of the Interior.
The lines are expected to be built in a 210-mile-long by 3,500-foot-wide utility corridor, starting near Ely in White Pine County, crossing public lands through Eureka, Lander, and Churchill counties, and ending near Yerington in Lyon County….
