Summary

DOE/EIS-0395 analyzes a proposal to construct and operate a double-circuit 500-kV electric transmission line transmission line from the proposed San Luis Rio Colorado Power Center in Sonora, Mexico, to Arizona Public Service Company’s existing North Gila Substation. The proposal included interconnecting the transmission line to the DOE Western Area Power Administration transmission system at its existing Gila Substation. The proposal also included an application to DOE’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability for a Presidential permit for the transmission line to cross the United States-Mexico international border.