The Bureau of Land Management will conduct additional analysis of a proposed transmission line project in Nevada after agreeing with conservation groups that more work is needed before the project can advance.
The plan is to conduct a supplement to the final environmental impact statement BLM released in May for the 235-mile-long Greenlink North power line in northern Nevada, mostly to address concerns raised by conservation groups about how it could harm greater sage grouse in the region. That additional analysis is expected to be completed by early next year, according to two Interior Department officials with knowledge of the situation.
The Greenlink North power line project is still on track to receive final approval through a record of decision and potentially begin construction sometime next year, said the officials who were granted anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
BLM declined to comment. But the bureau said on the online e-planning page for the project that it “expects to update the project schedule in January 2026.”
