In November 2007, the original iPhone was barely four months old, and Barack Obama was considered a long shot to win the Democratic nomination for president. That same month, the TransWest Express Transmission Project filed its first request with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), seeking permission to build a 732-mile electric transmission line from a wind farm in southern Wyoming with Las Vegas. Last week, the BLM *finally* granted permission for the line to be built.
It took 15 years for the feds to approve a 700-mile electric line
It'll be another five years before it's operational.
reason.com