Gateway West Transmission Line Project

All comments received by the companies are submitted to the Bureau of Land Management for inclusion in the environmental impact statement (EIS) analysis. Learn more about the environmental review process.

There are five different types of tower structures that could be used for this project. Learn more about potential tower designs.

From 2008-2009, the project team hosted approximately 40 public meetings, in addition to participating in over 150 formal and informal meetings at the request of stakeholders and interested parties. In total, we met with almost 2,000 landowners and residents along the corridor, had nearly 6,000 visitors to the project Web site and collected nearly 1,200 comments.

The Bureau of Land Management announced today the proposed and alternate routes that will be analyzed in the draft environmental impact statement. Related materials: Project press release (PDF, 48 KB), Bureau of Land Management interactive map.

The project team has requested the BLM modify the segment 1E proposed and alternate routes to be considered in the draft EIS. View our latest project map for details and look for the BLM’s announcement on routes to be considered in early January.

The project team would like to announce two community meetings – Malta, ID (December 14) and Almo, ID (December 15). Please join us as we discuss general project updates and route alignments. For more information about times and locations, please visit our online calendar. We look forward to seeing you there!

Updated maps are now available on our landowner maps page. Also, please visit the map updates page for constraints and project overview maps used at recent public meetings.

Join the project team as we host three community meetings next week – Twin Falls, ID (November 9), Mountain Home, ID (November 10) and Kuna, ID (November 12). For more information about times and locations, please visit our online calendar. We look forward to seeing you there!

Please join us as the project team hosts two community meetings this week - American Falls, ID (November 4) and Kemmerer, WY (November 5). For more information about times and locations, please visit our online calendar. We look forward to seeing you there!

The project team is excited to announce three additional community meetings – Twin Falls, ID (November 9), Mountain Home, ID (November 10), and Kuna, ID (November 12). Please join us as we discuss general project updates and route alignments. For more information about times and locations, please visit our online calendar. We look forward to seeing you there!

The project team is excited to announce two community meetings – American Falls, ID (November 4) and Kemmerer, WY (November 5). Please join us as we discuss general project updates and route alignments. For more information about times and locations, please visit our online calendar. We look forward to seeing you there!

Updated maps including conceptual routes presented at recent public meetings are now available. New maps are available by segment on our updates page and updated search features are available for landowner maps.

Updated landowner maps that include newly developed conceptual routes presented at recent public meetings will be available online early next week. Check back soon for more details.

The project team will host public meetings in four Wyoming communities in September – September 14 (Wheatland), September 15 (Medicine Bow), September 16 (Laramie) and September 17 (Douglas). Please visit our online calendar for times and locations.

Our first project newsletter is being distributed by mail and / or e-mail to landowners and other interested parties. If you have not received a copy please view the newsletter online, request a copy or join our mailing list.

In response to requests from local government officials and the public, reasonable alternatives developed between now and September 04, 2009 will be analyzed in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), now slated for release in spring 2010. Related press releases: Gateway West Project (PDF, 123KB), Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal, Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter

We will soon be joining County Commissioners and their respective communities in Twin Falls, Elmore, Power, Jerome and Gooding counties to discuss the project and answer questions. You can find more information as it becomes available on our new online calendar. We hope to see you there!

The BLM has released an environmental assessment for geotechnical drilling work needed to complete the draft environmental impact statement. For more information please visit the BLM Web site.

Idaho Power completes fence work on the historic Wilson Cemetery near Hemingway Substation.

For more information please visit Idaho Power News.

Join us as we co-host a meeting with the Ada County Commission on June 11 in Kuna from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. to discuss the Gateway West project and get answers to questions specific to the county. This will be an opportunity for you to learn more about the project and find out how to stay involved as the project progresses.

Ada County Town Hall Meeting, co-hosted by the Ada County Commission, Idaho Power and Rocky Mountain Power Kuna, Idaho
June 11
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Kuna High School Commons
637 East Deer Flat Rd.

Idaho Power and Rocky Mountain Power will be in three Idaho communities in early June – June 1 (Cassia County Commissioner’s Meeting, Burley, ID), June 3 (Melba Community Conversation, Melba, ID) and June 11 (Ada County Town Hall Meeting, Kuna, ID). Go to the Newsroom for full details.

Cassia County Community Meeting, hosted by the Cassia County Commission
Burley, Idaho
June 1
2:00 p.m.
Burley High School Little Theater
2100 Park Ave.

Melba Community Conversation, hosted by Idaho Power and Rocky Mountain Power
Melba, Idaho
June 3
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Melba High School
6870 Stokes Ave.

Ada County Town Hall Meeting, co-hosted by the Ada County Commission, Idaho Power and Rocky Mountain Power
Kuna, Idaho
June 11
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Kuna High School Commons
637 Deer Flat Rd.

Join us in Melba on June 3, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. to discuss this project, answer questions and gather comments focused on the Melba area. We are currently securing a location for this meeting – check back soon for meetings details as we get closer to June 3.

Join us on April 20 at the Best Western in Douglas, Wyoming (1450 Riverbend Dr.) to discuss the proposed and alternate routes along Segment 1E between the Windstar and Aeolus Substations. The open house portion of the meeting will begin at 4:00 p.m., with presentations and questions & answers to begin at 4:30 p.m. We hope it will be informative for all who attend.

Beginning in March 2009, Idaho Power and Rocky Mountain Power will begin environmental studies, including land surveys, documentation of cultural and environmental conditions and soil borings. These studies will help in the analysis of the proposed and alternative corridors and inform the draft environmental impact statement. In addition, the companies will also apply for all necessary permits and approvals from other federal, state and local agencies and jurisdictions.

Letters requesting right of entry are being mailed to landowners along the study corridor. These letters are going out to landowners along segments of the route as the corridor is studied. Please note that permission to enter private property for surveying and information gathering does not constitute a grant of future easement or that a transmission line will be constructed across the property, it is simply an allowance to conduct the studies. These studies do not mean a decision has been made on where to locate the transmission line.

If you have any questions about the studies and/or right of entry letters, please contact us.