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NEPA Number: DOI-BLM-WY-D030-2025-0007-EA
Project Name: Lucky Star Transmission Line

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NEPA Number

DOI-BLM-WY-D030-2025-0007-EA
Project Name

Lucky Star Transmission Line
Project Type

EA
NEPA Status

Completed - Completed
Lead Office

Rawlins Field Office
Last Updated

2/12/2026 5:00:00 PM

Project Description

Lucky Star Wind, LLC (“Lucky Star”), is planning to construct, operate, maintain, and eventually decommission approximately 24.8-miles of new 230-kilovolt (kV) alternating current (AC) electric transmission system lines, referred to as the Lucky Star Transmission Line Project (“Project”), in Carbon and Albany Counties. The proposed Project would cross approximately 4.8 miles of land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”), Rawlins Field Office (“RFO”), and 20.0-miles of non-federal lands. For segments of the transmission line crossing BLM-administered land (4.8 miles), Lucky Star is seeking approval for a 300-foot right-of-way (“ROW”) (178.8 acres) to facilitate construction, operation, and maintenance of the Project over a 50-year period. 

On BLM-administered lands, the Project would include ground-disturbing activities associated with the construction of approximately 38 above-ground H-frame transmission line towers, temporary work areas, and pulling and tensioning sites. Approximately 1.58 miles of existing roads and two-tracks would be used to access the Project ROW during construction and maintenance activities, to minimize the construction of new roads to the greatest extent practicable. Perennial streams will be spanned by the transmission line and access to the line would be obtained from either side of the stream; no access road crossing of perennial streams on BLM-administered land are planned. Other associated facilities, such as the collection substation and staging area, would be constructed on private lands as part of the wind project.

The Project is composed of a high-voltage transmission system linking proposed and existing substations. The Project would begin at a new proposed substation on private land within the Wind Project and extend northwest to PacifiCorp’s existing Aeolus substation situated near Medicine Bow, Wyoming. The segments of the Project traversing BLM-administered lands would be aligned almost entirely within the West-Wide Energy Corridor (“WWEC”), a BLM-designated energy-transmission corridor. Additionally, the route runs parallel to two existing 115-kV transmission lines and a third proposed 230 kV transmission line (Rock Creek Gen-Tie Line (BLM 2023)) for approximately 18.7 miles (see Site Plan, Appendix A). The majority of the requested ROW is within the area evaluated for the Rock Creek Gen-Tie Line previously approved by the BLM. 

Lucky Star has submitted a right-of-way (ROW) application to the BLM Rawlins Field Office (RFO) pursuant to 43 CFR Part 2800, which was deemed complete on September 16, 2024. The applicant’s original POD application was submitted in 2019 and included the Lucky Star Wind Project with up to 43 wind turbines, 26 miles of access roads, 23 miles of electrical collection lines, and 10 miles of transmission lines proposed on BLM-administered lands. 
However, all facilities related to the Wind Project have been sited on private land and will no longer require access on BLM-administered land. The Applicant’s updated 2024 application includes a ROW request specific to the transmission line infrastructure only.

Construction Schedule
Construction is scheduled to begin in Q2 of 2027, following permit approvals and is expected to take 8-12 months for the entire Project completion. The Gen-Tie line would start delivering power from the Wind Project in Q4 2028.

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Project Location

City	State/Territory	Zip Code	County(ies)
Hanna	Wyoming	82327	Carbon County

Application Information

Applicant

Case File Number

Program

Sub-Program

Project Dates

Start Date

12/11/2024
End Date

2/3/2026
FONSI Date

2/3/2026

Project Office Information

Lead Office

Rawlins Field Office
Offices

Rawlins FO
Cooperating Agencies

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Contacts

Contact 1 Name

Contact 1 Email

Contact 1 Phone

Contact 2 Name

Andrew Kauppila
Contact 2 Email

[email protected]
Contact 2 Phone

(307) 328-4227

Contact 3 Name

Timothy Novotny
Contact 3 Email

[email protected]
Contact 3 Phone

(307) 328-4311