Community Advisory Process

Project Advisory Teams

Image showing the three Boardman to Hemingway Project Advisory Team areas. The North area is composed of Morrow and Umatilla County. The Central area is composed of Baker County and Union County. The southern area is composed of Grant County, the northern part of Harney County, Malheur County and the eastern portions of Payette County, Canyon County, and Owyhee County.

The Community Advisory Process occurred in three geographic areas from Boardman, Oregon to Melba, Idaho: north (Morrow and Umatilla counties), central (Union and Baker counties) and south (Owyhee, Malheur, Washington, Payette, and Canyon counties). Project advisory teams were also formed in Grant and Harney counties.

Project advisory teams comprised of representatives in the project’s geographic areas from Boardman, Oregon to Melba, Idaho, worked closely with technical experts to recommend proposed and alternate routes. Outcomes from the project advisory team meetings were presented at public meetings for review and comment.

Team members included elected officials, property owners and residents; and representatives from economic development organizations, irrigation districts, businesses, community organizations, resource agencies and advocacy groups.

Meeting Information

Visit the North, Central and South PAT pages to view information about the PAT meetings. Information for the Grant and Harney PATs is available on the South PAT page.

Idaho Power held several meetings with the North, Central, South, Grant County and Harney County PATs. The meeting objectives for each meeting are described below.

Please note the materials shown for Meetings 1 and 2 were presented during the first Grant and Harney PAT meetings.

Image showing the meeting objectives of each of the six PAT meetings. Meeting 1: Reviewed work to date, project status and the Community Advisory Process. Discussed the purpose of and need for the project. Identified community concerns and suggestions for siting the transmission line. Meeting 2: Reviewed the federal and state processes involved in the project. Presented the regulatory, engineering and community criteria to use when developing possible routes for the transmission line. Meeting 3: Reviewed the regulatory, engineering and community criteria to be used to map possible routes. Reviewed the outcomes of the public meetings held in August. Conducted a mapping session to begin identifying a range of possible routes. Meeting 4: Described analysis methods used to evaluate the range of possible routes. Presented the preliminary analysis conducted to date for each of the PAT proposed routes. Meeting 5: Reviewed progress of the Community Advisory Process and discussed next steps. Presented analysis of revised routes and route alternatives (Eastern, Central and Western). Provided PATs the opportunity to give input on the route alternatives. Provided PATs the opportunity to give input on a possible proposed route. Meeting 6: Presented the proposed route Idaho Power is submitting in its revised application to BLM and EFSC. Discussed how and why the proposed route was selected. Discussed next steps in the siting process.








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COMMON ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIONS
B2H: Boardman to Hemingway Transmission Line Project | BLM: Bureau of Land Management | CAP: Community Advisory Process
EFSC: Energy Facility Siting Council | EIS: Environmental Impact Statement | kV: kilovolt | NEPA: National Environmental Policy Act
ODOE: Oregon Department of Energy | USFS: United States Forest Service