Evaluated the balance of economic, environmental, and land - use factors in routing a $ 125 million, 700 kilometre
interstate electrical transmission line — managing Oregon's first such investigation and approval — and in raising a hydroelectric dam
Although private investors are investing in long - distance high - voltage
transmission lines, these need to be incorporated into a carefully planned national grid, the
electrical equivalent of President Eisenhower's
interstate highway system, in order to unleash the full potential of renewable energy wealth.