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Senate approves bill encouraging use of federal energy corridors before eminent domain
Summary
Second Substitute Senate Bill 61 passed the Utah Senate, asking utilities and siting authorities to consider existing federal energy corridors before exercising eminent domain for new transmission lines. Sponsors said the substitute is intended not to slow projects but to encourage corridor use.
The Utah Senate on Day 21 passed Second Substitute Senate Bill 61, the energy corridor amendments, by a 24–0 vote with five senators absent.
The bill directs transmission planners and developers to consider existing federal energy corridors as a first option before selecting routes that would invoke eminent domain on private property. Sponsor Senator Owens described the…
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