Failed bill would bar utility lines in federally designated corridors

The state corporation commission could not approve a utility's application for a permit to place a transmission line in a designated corridor. This applies to electric public utilities and proposed lines in territory named in a U.S. Department of Energy corridor designation report. The restriction would take effect after publication in the statute book if the bill became law.

A utility could not use eminent domain to take land for a transmission line in a designated corridor. This applies to electric public utilities seeking land for transmission lines within a federally designated corridor. A utility could still use eminent domain for a line with a state siting permit approved before the federal corridor designation. The limit and exception would take effect after publication in the statute book if the bill became law.