PacifiCorp—one of the region’s largest electric utilities—has proposed a 230 kV, 57-mile (92-km) transmission line from Swift Reservoir Dam in Washington state to Troutdale, Oregon. This route follows a narrow, 100-foot-wide easement that had been abandoned for over 50 years (until now) and runs through or near rural homes — an area unfit for such […]

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