Drummond opposes proposed electric transmission corridor that would span Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (Dec. 12, 2024) — Attorney General Gentner Drummond is opposing a 645-mile electric transmission corridor proposed by the U.S. Department of Energy that would span Oklahoma from the panhandle through the Arkansas border.
The Delta-Plains National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor is one of several proposed corridors across the United States proposed to expand the nation’s power grid. It has not yet been finalized for development.
Drummond said the project threatens to harm Oklahoma property owners and offers no benefit to a net energy producing state like Oklahoma.
“The threat of Federal Eminent Domain to property owners is classic federal overreach,” Drummond wrote in a letter sent today to U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm. “I will not sit idly by and allow it to proceed without exercising all lawful measures to protect the private property rights of our Oklahoma farmers and ranchers.”
Drummond said he appreciates Oklahoma House Speaker-Elect Kyle Hilbert's resolution filed today to take all legislative action available to prevent the establishment of the corridor in Oklahoma.
The proposed corridor stretches from 4 to 18 miles in width as it spans across the state. The Department of Energy is expected to designate its final selected corridors soon.
