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BLM seeks input on proposed Lucky Star transmission line

Project expected to transmit up to 500 MW of energy to the grid
Wyoming
High Desert DO
Rawlins FO
Contact
Jacqueline Alderman
307-775-6208
front area of the Rawlins Field Office in Wyoming with sign in the front

RAWLINS, Wyo. — The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comment on the proposed Lucky Star transmission line project in Carbon and Albany counties. If approved, Lucky Star, LLC, could construct, operate, maintain, and eventually decommission a 230-kilovolt double circuit alternating current transmission line across nearly five miles of public lands, almost entirely within the West-Wide Energy Corridor. The line would also cross about 20 miles of non-federal lands in a checkerboard ownership pattern area.

The power line would connect the 500-megawatt Lucky Star I Wind Project, planned on private lands in Carbon and Albany counties, to PacifiCorp’s Aeolus substation near Medicine Bow and distribute power to Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and California. Work on BLM-managed public lands would include construction of 38 above-ground H-frame transmission towers and temporary tensioning, pulling, and other work areas. To minimize impacts, existing roads and two-tracks would be used to access the project during construction and maintenance. No new crossings of perennial streams are planned on BLM-managed public lands. 

Additional information is available at the BLM National NEPA Register, where comments may be submitted through the ‘Participate Now’ option (preferred). Comments may also be delivered to: BLM Rawlins Field Office, Attn: Lucky Star Transmission Line Project, P.O. Box 2407, Rawlins, WY 82301-2407. The public comment period is open for 30-days and will close June 6, 2025. 

For more information, please contact the Rawlins Field Office at 307-328-4224 or Rawlins_WYMail@blm.gov.

Federal Register

The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.