Pro Tem-Elect Paxton Comments on Federal Electric Energy Corridor Project Being Canceled

OKLAHOMA CITY – Pro Tem-Elect Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, today released the following statement after the proposed 645-mile long, 18-mile-wide federal energy corridor was canceled.

The Delta-Plains National Interest Electric Corridor would have resulted in the seizure of private property for electric transmission lines.

“No landowner should be subjected to this kind of federal overreach,” Pro Tem-Elect Paxton said. “I am proud of my state partners who stood up for property owners and the rights of Oklahomans who had grave concerns about this project that provided no benefit to our state. It is unacceptable for the federal government, with an outgoing administration, to try and push through a project that would burden Oklahomans. The cancelation of this project shows that state leaders stand ready to defend our citizens and push back against federal overreach.”