Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) announced preparation of a joint EIS/environmental impact report (EIR) to analyze the potential environmental effects of the proposed new 500-kilovolt Colusa-Sutter (CoSu) Transmission Line Project.  Western’s proposed action was to construct the CoSu Project and modify Western’s facilities to accommodate the new line; SMUD’s proposed action was to fund the proposal. On March 1, 2019, WAPA announced that SMUD had decided to cancel the project because of increased costs and decreased need for the proposed transmission line.

For more information, see Colusa-Sutter (CoSu) Transmission Line Project, DOE/EIS-0514 (wapa.gov).