Grid United, an independent transmission company based in Houston, Texas, is developing Wyoming Intertie.
Enhanced power grid reliability in Wyoming strengthens the state’s resilience against power outages, supporting economic growth and ensuring a stable power supply for industrial and commercial operations. Wyoming Intertie would allow for grid operators to transfer surplus generation to regions experiencing deficits, thereby optimizing the use of existing power plants.
Wyoming Intertie will be approximately 160 miles long, linking infrastructure in Carbon County, Wyoming to that in Platte County, Wyoming. The route is under development and will not be finalized until landowners, communities, and local, state, and federal government officials provide input. Core to the development process is the project team’s ongoing collaboration with landowners and their communities to determine a suitable route.
The project will incorporate landowner feedback and survey data before submitting a route for regulatory approval. The Project route is considered “proposed” until it has been approved by state and federal regulatory bodies.
Yes. There are multiple permits and approvals required including: the Wyoming Industrial Siting permit, county conditional use permits, and a rigorous environmental review pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).
Wyoming Intertie project team encourages community members to reach out via the contact page: here.
Yes. Landowners can still use their lands as they see fit, as long as use does not interfere with the project’s operation and maintenance.
Survey permission allows the Wyoming Intertie team access to conduct various ground surveys on the property. Surveys may include staking of the proposed route and boundaries as well as surveys that collect important geological, biological, and cultural information.
Yes. To find out more, landowners should contact their local Wyoming Intertie land agent.
Ground surveys typically begin during warmer months and continue throughout the year as weather permits.
Wyoming Intertie involves Tribal Nations early during the development process and takes an inclusive view of Tribal Nations’ rights, including working to understand the spectrum of place-based interests of Tribal Nations.
We respect the Tribal Nations as a sovereign whole, and as such recognize the contemporary and historical boundaries of the many Tribal Nations in the Northern Plains and Rocky Mountains area, regardless of territory. Tribal Nations understand that Wyoming Intertie knows there is more than one community and that it respects the sovereignty and self-determination of Tribal Nations over their land, people, and resources.
Wyoming Intertie is actively working more than ten Tribal Nations in cultural survey and other pre-application design phases of the transmission line. Additionally, Wyoming Intertie has engaged Tribal Nations beyond the project area region, inviting their involvement in project development and respecting sovereign decisions to withhold from project participation.
Information collected by Wyoming Intertie is subject to the data sovereignty and digital jurisdiction of Tribal Nations.
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