Routed, Planned, & Moving Along

SouthWestern Power Group expects to complete construction and start operation of RioSol.

SouthWestern Power Group expects to start full construction of RioSol.

RioSol will create $2.4 billion economic impact and generate 2,626 jobs.

SouthWestern Power Group and New Mexico Renewable Transmission Authority sign a joint-development agreement for RioSol line.

The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management announced a Record of Decision.

SouthWestern Power Group renames Line 2 RioSol. Line 1 sold to Pattern Energy.

Bureau of Land Management issues the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the re-routed Project.

SouthWestern Power Group submits an amended SF-299 to the Bureau of Land Management to re-start federal permitting for the re-routed portion of the Project.

Line 1 changes to HVDC; Line 2 remains HVAC.

SouthWestern Power Group selects Pattern Energy as anchor tenant for Line 1.

The Arizona Corporation Commission approves a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility for the Project.

The Bureau of Land Management issues the Record of Decision for the Project

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approves SouthWestern Power Group’s request for negotiated rate authority.

SouthWestern Power Group submits an SF-299 to the Bureau of Land Management to commence federal environmental permitting under NEPA.

SouthWestern Power Group and 4 other companies signed a joint development agreement for Southwest Transmission Project.

SouthWestern Power Group (SWPG) starts planning the development of an interstate transmission project between AZ and NM consisting of two, single-circuit 500kV transmission lines and associated substations.