The following is a brief description of Green Path North, a proposal by the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power to erect a 118-mile corridor of high-transmission energy towers through private and public lands.
According to the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP):
According to the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP):
Overview of GPN: What It Is
Green Path North is a proposed 500-kilovolt (kV) transmission system designed to bring electricity generated from renewable resources, such as geothermal, solar and wind, from Imperial County to the LADWP power grid.
(Note: There is absolutely no infrastructure in place at this time to generate electricity from any of the renewable resources the LADWP identifies as the reason for the Green Path North transmission system.)
(Note: There is absolutely no infrastructure in place at this time to generate electricity from any of the renewable resources the LADWP identifies as the reason for the Green Path North transmission system.)
LADWP filed an application in December 2006 with the Bureau of Land Management for a Green Path North right-of-way (ROW) on public lands. According to this document:
| • | The entire GPN transmission line would be 118 miles long. |
| • | 85 miles of the transmission line would run from Desert Hot Springs to Hesperia. A right-of-way was requested for only this one route between DHS and Hesperia. |
| • | 55 miles (about 60% of the 85 miles) of GPN transmission line would be on public lands, much of which is undeveloped natural areas on public lands, including land already designated for protection as an area of critical environmental concern (ACEC). |
| • | 30 miles of private property would be needed for GPN transmission lines (which could be acquired through eminent domain procedures--yes, your property could be seized without your permission). |
LADWP also requested inclusion of a new GPN energy corridor (same route as the BLM ROW application) in its submission to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in July 2006 as part of the West-Wide Energy Corridor (WWEC) process to establish energy corridors on federal lands in 11 Western states. In February 2008, LADWP again wrote to the DOE through the WWEC process reiterating its expected need for a new GPN energy corridor.
LADWP Green Path North again shows up on the September 2007 California Public Utilities Commission map of newly proposed transmission line routes for Southern California (same route as their BLM ROW application).
CONCLUSION: Green Path North is a new energy corridor of enormous high-transmission power poles and lines that the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power is determined to establish in desert areas along a route from Desert Hot Springs to Hesperia (85 miles out of the way of a direct route to Los Angeles). The LADWP long ago selected its "preferred path" for GPN and has applied for permission at numerous Federal and State levels in order to establish an entirely new energy corridor (bypassing serious consideration of existing designated energy corridors).
LADWP Green Path North again shows up on the September 2007 California Public Utilities Commission map of newly proposed transmission line routes for Southern California (same route as their BLM ROW application).
CONCLUSION: Green Path North is a new energy corridor of enormous high-transmission power poles and lines that the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power is determined to establish in desert areas along a route from Desert Hot Springs to Hesperia (85 miles out of the way of a direct route to Los Angeles). The LADWP long ago selected its "preferred path" for GPN and has applied for permission at numerous Federal and State levels in order to establish an entirely new energy corridor (bypassing serious consideration of existing designated energy corridors).
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