As currently proposed, the TransWest Express HVDC line start in Rawlins, WY, and first run towards Delta, UT, where without connections [1] it will begin to run

As currently proposed, the TransWest Express HVDC line start in Rawlins, WY, and first run towards Delta, UT, where without connections [1] it will begin to run alongside the Intermountain Power Plant HVDC Line [2], for the majority of its remaining journey, before ending in the complicated clustering of substations near Boulder City, Nevada. The Intermountain Power Plant HDVC line begins at the Intermountain Power Plant, a coal-fired plant in Delta owned in large part by Southern California cities, and runs to Adelando, CA, on the outskirts of Victorville. It can already rapidly dump power between west-central Utah and southern California. With coal prices remaining high relative to natgas and California pushing for more renewables, the future of the Intermountain Power Plant is in question. It seems shortsighted then, to not plan an interconnection at Delta from the start. Redundancy and resiliency is another issue. Most of the transmission lines between the Las Vegas Valley and Mesquite, NV closely parallel each other, the Union Pacific railroad, and I-15. One major disruption to a small area could easily cripple a significant portion of southern California's power capacity (including power lines [3] to Glen Canyon Dam, Navajo Power Station, and the coal plans around Farmington, NM), and cut off a critical transportation route with the interior. The patchwork of public land, protected land, and military reservations in southern Nevada complicates the placement of infrastructure, and confines it to narrow corridors, but piling further projects immediately adjacent is a risk. [1] http://www.transwestexpress.net/about/docs/TransWest-Express-Route-Overview-0117.pdf http://www.transwestexpress.net/about/docs/TransWest-Express... [2] https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3392214#map=7/37.130/-112.95 https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3392214#map=7/37.130/... [3] https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/14282204 https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/14282204