Utility company NV Energy will begin constructing the Greenlink West system in December and expects it to be in service by May 2027. The project’s recent record of decision allows the BLM along with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, National Park Service, and the Department of Energy to start authorizing their portions of the building process.
NV Energy declined requests for comment.
Environmental advocacy group, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, said the project would hurt over a mile of ice age-era fossil beds in southern Nevada, rare plant populations, and other ecosystems and tourism-dependent communities developed in the state’s wetlands and deserts. The organization’s Rocky Mountain director, Chandra Rosenthal, said PEER plans to sue the Department of Interior in an effort to protect the land and residents surrounding the power lines’ construction.