Chalk Bluffs transmission line

A fourth-generation Laramie County real estate professional urged the board to weigh the cumulative impact of the region's growing 'wind wall' of energy projects — roads, wildlife, water, housing, and property values — rather than judging each piece in isolation.

The homeowner of 42 years whose front yard the line would cross pleaded for an alternate route through open pasture, citing health worries, falling ice over a school walking route, rental-property impacts, and a widowed neighbor afraid of eminent domain.

Speaking remotely from Chalk Bluffs Road, she said turbines would sit 850 feet from her home and lines would run along her pasture and barn — opposing the project and asking for alternatives on the thousands of acres True Ranches offers.

The state representative praised the applicant's transparency and community outreach and argued reliable, affordable electricity is essential to attracting jobs and growth in Laramie County.