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House panel introduces RS 32,218 C1 to require most new transmission capacity remain in Idaho
Summary
Representative John Gannon introduced RS 32,218 C1, a draft that would limit the export of power carried over newly built transmission lines obtained through eminent domain by requiring 75% of the energy to stay in Idaho; the committee introduced the RS after members requested technical analysis.
Representative John Gannon, R‑District 17 of Boise, presented RS 32,218 C1 as a prospective limit on the out‑of‑state export of electricity on new transmission lines for which an eminent‑domain remedy is used. Gannon said the draft would require that 75% of the energy carried on such lines be used in Idaho, with up to 25% exported out of state. "That 75% of the energy in the transmission lines that goes, that goes through the property where the remedy is used by a transmission company, 75% of that has to stay in Idaho," Gannon said. He described the proposal as prospective and said it…
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