REP. LAUREN BOEBERT DEMANDS STOP TO FEDERAL LAND GRAB ATTEMPT IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
325K Acres of Private Land Threatened in Prowers, Kiowa, and Baca Counties
WASHINGTON D.C.-- Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-04) has demanded the stop of a Department of Energy land grab put in motion by the Biden Administration that threatens to impact over 325,000 acres of private land across Prowers, Kiowa, and Baca Counties. In a letter to Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Rep. Boebert asked her fellow Coloradan to reconsider the Southwestern Grid Connector Corridor as part of the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (NIETC) and at a minimum extend the public comment phase, which is currently set to end on Friday, February 14.
“In listening to local elected officials and constituents across Southeast Colorado, it is clear the Biden Administration's Department of Energy failed to reach out to the public and prevented any transparency of their scheme to seize private property and build out their Green New Deal fantasy,”said Congresswoman Boebert. "This project fails to align with President Trump's Unleashing American Energy Executive Order and would significantly harm the rights of rural Coloradans while putting our local economy at risk. I'm calling on Secretary Wright to quickly reevaluate this misguided project and listen to the rural Coloradans who have serious and reasonable concerns over the NIETC coming through their community."
Background:
The National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (NIETC) was part of the Biden Administration's top-down approach to pushing federal control of energy infrastructure without balancing the rights of private property owners or understanding how these plans would hurt rural Americans.
The Southwestern Grid Connector Corridor runs through Southeast Colorado, New Mexico, and the Oklahoma Panhandle and is one of only three remaining corridors as part of NIETC currently scheduled to move forward.
Coloradans who have concerns with the NIETC and the process can make public comment HERE until Friday, February 14th.
In an interview with The Fence Post which can be read HERE, Rep. Boebert laid out more concerns with the lack of transparency over the process.
Read the full letter from Congresswoman Boebert to Secretary Wright HERE.