A ribbon cutting for a transmission line drew the secretary of the interior and the director of the BLM to Arizona on the same day that the Biden administration announced a rule to speed development of new electricity distribution infrastructure.
SALOME, Ariz.—While a power line in a remote corner of the desert Southwest might seem like an unusual attraction for national leaders, the completion of a new high-voltage transmission line that will enhance the electric grid in Arizona and California drew both Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, and Tracy Stone-Manning, director of the Bureau of Land Management, to the celebration Thursday, in western Arizona.