The largest clean-energy project in US history cuts through the pristine San Pedro Valley. Tribes and residents are trying to reroute it.
Inside Climate News
by Wyatt Myskow
April 10, 2024
The SunZia transmission line is planned to stretch across more than 500 miles, connecting 3,000 megawatts of clean energy generated from wind farms in New Mexico to the power grid, which will carry most of it to utilities in California. As the U.S. looks to pivot away from generating electricity with fossil fuels, the nearly 50 miles of SunZia lines that would cut through the middle of the San Pedro Valley have sparked one of the nation’s most consequential fights over developing green spaces for green energy.