Summary

Southwestern Power Administration, a Power Marketing Administration within DOE, proposes to continue operations and maintenance and vegetation management activities under a management framework designed to provide maximum operational flexibility and enhance safety. DOE/EA-2074 focuses on Southwestern’s operations in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri, which include high-voltage transmission lines, electrical substations, and a communications system that includes microwave, mobile radio, and fiber optics, in support of marketing hydroelectric power from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers multipurpose dams. Additional information about Southwestern and the draft EA are also available at: https://www.swpa.gov/.