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To: Loughery, Richard[RLoughery@eei.org]; Ball, Sarah[SBall@eei.org] From: Skipwith, Aurelia Sent: 2018-04-02T17:38:13-04:00 Importance: Normal Subject: Re: Electric Transmission Projects in the Pipeline Received: 2018-04-02T20:12:33-04:00 Richard and Sarah: Thank you very much for this. Sarah, I received your message. Would you be available this Wednesday at 9am or 3pm for a call? Thank you. Aurelia Skipwith Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks U.S. Department of Interior 1849 C Street, NW, Room 3148 Washington, DC 20240 (202) 208 5837 NOTE: Every email I send or receive is subject to release under the Freedom of Information Act. On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 10:47 AM, Loughery, Richard <RLoughery@eei.org> wrote: Aurelia, Thank you again for taking the time last week to meet with me and Sarah Ball. In response to your request, attached is a listing is of electric transmission projects in various stages of the planning and approval processes. The first is a link to EEI's annual publication "Transmission Projects: At A Glance." The publication (available to the public), contains a listing of EEI member company projects within a four year horizon. DOI and USFWS may be involved in some of the projects, especially those in the western part of the country that cross public lands. The 2018 publication will be available within the next 4-6 weeks and we'll send you a link to the updated document. Second on the attachment, is a list of the electric transmission projects currently on FAST-41 Permitting Dashboard. Each of these projects involve NEPA and multiple federal agencies. DOI has the lead on three of the projects and is a cooperating agency on the other project which involves crossing the Mississippi River. Third and final, is a link to the Granite State Power Link project planned to import electricity from Canada to New England and thus requires a Presidential Permit from DOE. FWS has been designated as the lead for NEPA as the planned route involves the Silvio Conte National Wildlife Refuge. It is more than likely that each of the upcoming projects, especially those with a federal nexus, will be controversial, some more than others, as they go through the permitting process. Please feel free to contact me (rloughery@eei.org) or Sarah Ball (sball@eei.org) if you have any questions. Regards, Rick Loughery Richard M. Loughery Director, Environmental Activities Edison Electric Institute 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004-2696 202-508-5647 -phone 703-9771 mobile/text rloughery@eei.org