National Wind Coordinating Committee
National Wind Coordinating Committee
National Wind Coordinating Committee
National Wind Coordinating Collaborative

Western Transmission and Wildlife Needs at a Crossroads: A Topical Workshop

September 26, 2007
Fort Collins, CO

The purpose of this topical workshop on Western transmission and wildlife needs is to discuss:

  • Electricity demands and transmission requirements to support new energy (particularly renewables) in the West.
  • The process transmission developers use and factors they assess, including environmental ones, when siting transmission lines (using specific lines under consideration as examples).
  • Lands and wildlife concerns/interests regarding new transmission in the West.
  • Lands/wildlife criteria to consider in order to build a broad coalition of support for new transmission.
  • Kinds of dialogue, exchange, partnerships needed to address lands/wildlife interests in planning new transmission.

Presentations

Meeting Summary

 
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