Arkansas May Cinch Proposed Wind Belt Transmission

KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich

Published July 23, 2014 at 12:45 PM CDT

A proposed high voltage direct current transmission facility designed to transport wind-generated electricity from western Oklahoma to Western Tennessee will likely be routed through north central Arkansas. Emerging opposition, however, may put a kink in the $2 billion project.

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