Vote Yes on this bill if you want faster grid upgrades and new lines using existing corridors, modern grid technologies, coordinated permitting with tribal consultation, local community payments, and utility incentives that aim to deliver more reliable, affordable, and cleaner electricity.

Organizations that support this bill may include clean energy and climate groups, utilities and transmission developers, electrical workers and construction trades unions, data center and manufacturing associations seeking reliable power, and local governments interested in coordinated planning and community benefit fees.

Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid creating a new transmission authority with eminent domain for rights-of-way, keep stricter environmental review for rebuilds, limit state involvement in project development and financing, and prevent potential rate impacts from utility incentive returns.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include property rights and rural landowner groups concerned about eminent domain, environmental and wildlife advocates wary of streamlined reviews and habitat impacts, taxpayer and small-government organizations skeptical of a new authority, and ratepayer watchdogs worried about bill increases.