Rocky Mountain Power Files for Wind and Transmission Projects

SUGAR LAND--August 14, 2017--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Rocky Mountain Power (Salt Lake City, Utah), a division of PacifiCorp (Portland, Oregon), recently filed applications with the Idaho Public Utilities Commission to build or acquire four wind projects in Wyoming with a total capacity of 860 megawatts (MW). The company also filed applications for transmission facilities, including the 140-mile Energy Gateway West transmission and distribution project, which would alleviate existing transmission congestion and enable interconnection of the proposed wind projects into the company's electrical grid.