Electrical transmission lines; effect on scenic assets, historic resources, and environment.

Electrical transmission lines; effect on historic resources. Requires the State Corporation Commission (SCC), priorto approving the construction of any electrical transmission linesof 138 kilovolts or more, to determine that the corridor or routechosen for the line will avoid any adverse impact on the scenic assets, historic resources, and environment of the area concerned. If theSCC determines that no route or corridor exists that can avoid anysuch adverse impact, the SCC is directed to choose the corridor orroute that minimizes such adverse impacts to the greatest extentreasonably practicable. Currently, the SCC is required to determinethat such a line's corridor or route will reasonably minimize adverseimpact on the scenic assets, historic districts, and environmentof the area concerned.