It’s been 16 years in the making, but the SunZia Southwest Transmission Project has earned its final approval from Arizona power regulators and development of the massive transmission line will begin early next year.The 550-mile line will deliver electricity generated by the largest wind energy development in the Western Hemisphere, a 3,500-megawatt array of massive turbines set to be built next year across three New Mexico counties.It comes as Western Arizona prepares to accommodate the 125-mile Ten West Link, an energy project that will connect electrical substations in Tonopah, Arizona, and Blythe, California. The project will allow power generated at solar plants in the region directly to metro Phoenix and Southern CaliforniaThe Department of the…
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