Clean Line proposal draws protest
“At least two area landowners have expressed some concerns for a proposed high-voltage, direct-current transmission line that is tentatively planned to come through Sequoyah County.
In a presentation at last month’s luncheon of the Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce, Phillip Teel, manager of Clean Line Energy, said the company’s focus in the coming months will be to focus on landowner concerns.
Teel stated at that time that the best and cheapest of the various routes mapped out for transmission line, is the one coming through Sequoyah County.
That route could be fine-tuned by the Department of Energy, depending on an Environmental Impact Study.
Clean Line Energy is proposing to deliver high-voltage, direct current wind energy from the panhandle of Oklahoma to the Tennessee Valley Authority. The lines will carry 600 kilovolts of electricity.
Sallisaw landowner Steve MacDonald is not so certain he wants the transmission lines coming across his property and he believes, by looking at route maps, that is exactly what will happen.”
Faulkenberry, Roy. Sequoyah County Times 10 December 2014.