Appeal planned after judge tosses suit to reroute $4B SunZia wind transmission
S&P Global
June 10, 2024
A US district court in Arizona dismissed a lawsuit from Native American, environmental and archeology groups seeking to force wind energy developer Pattern Energy Group LLC to reroute its $4 billion SunZia transmission line.
“If [the order] stands then it means that the Bureau of Land Management and any federal agency can then just continue to play shell games with tribes and not obey the law to the letter,” Robin Silver said. “It’s a classic bait and switch.”
Pattern could have taken a less damaging route but chose not to because of profit motives, Silver alleged.