Eastern Plains Transmission Project

Project area

The proposed Eastern Plains Transmission Project would include constructing, operating, and maintaining approximately 750 miles of 500-kV transmission lines and approximately 250 miles of 230- or 345-kV transmission line; constructing four new substations; expanding eight existing substations; installing a fiber-optic communication system for the transmission lines; and constructing and maintaining associated access roads.

The Project study area includes part or all of the following counties in Colorado: Adams, Arapahoe, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, El Paso, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Morgan, Otero, Prowers, Pueblo, Washington, Weld and Yuma; and in Kansas: Finney, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Logan, Scott, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace and Wichita.