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Alamosa County calls for more utility lines
The Alamosa Board of County Commissioners endorsed a letter Wednesday urging the state's utility companies to support the development of more transmission lines in Southern Colorado.
The letter, originally drafted by the southern district of Colorado Counties Inc., argues that more transmission to the region would increase access to Southern Colorado's wind and solar resources.
January 1, 2010
by Matt Hildner
in The Pueblo Chieftain
ALAMOSA - The Alamosa Board of County Commissioners endorsed a letter Wednesday urging the state's utility companies to support the development of more transmission lines in Southern Colorado.
The letter, originally drafted by the southern district of Colorado Counties Inc., argues that more transmission to the region would increase access to Southern Colorado's wind and solar resources. The area hosts 42 percent of Colorado's potential wind power and the only locations in the state that could support utility-scale solar power plants.
Alamosa County commissioners had previously come out in favor of a proposed transmission line into the San Luis Valley, most recently... [continue via Web link]
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