DOE terminates partnership with Clean Line Energy Partners

Utility Dive: Is Clean Line Energy still developing the Plains & Eastern Clean Line transmission project? The company says yes, despite the fact that selling the Oklahoma assets and ending its plan to build in Arkansas means the Tennessee portion of the line appears to be all that remains on the drawing board.

Developers say the Plains & Eastern Clean Line transmission project could enable over $7 billion of investment in new renewable energy facilities in the Oklahoma Panhandle region and deliver 3.5 GW of low-cost wind. But the project has faced opposition, particularly from landowners in Arkansas. According to Clean Line, the energy delivered by the Plains & Eastern project would cost between $0.04/kWh and $0.06/kWh.

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