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Feds Push For Sunrise Powerlink Through Anza-Borrego Desert

This week the federal government declared San Diego, Imperial, Riverside, Orange and Los Angeles Counties critical to the nation's energy grid. The DOE's two electric transmission corridors are the fi

This week the federal government declared San Diego, Imperial, Riverside, Orange and Los Angeles Counties critical to the nation's energy grid. The DOE's two electric transmission corridors are the first of their kind since the passage of a 2005 law that could overcome local objections in order to relieve bottlenecks in the electricity grid. This DOE ruling has implications for the Sunrise Powerlink through the Anza-Borrego Desert.

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  • Ed Joyce , KPBS News.