Click for a larger mapIdaho Power's hired technical and environmental experts, Tetra Tech, have refined the original CAP maps to reflect exclusionary constraints. The map for Malheur County and western Idaho counties appears above. The line traversing virtually the same "red" route across Malheur County EFU ground, that originally sparked SIP's opposition, was drawn by Marsing's mayor in an attempt to utilize what was mistaken as a federal utility corridor.
Since Idaho Power did not require Idaho counties to draw their own routes, the "concept" route through Payette and Canyon County was drawn by a member of SIP. (The other Idaho route was drawn by the environmental group ONDA.) County by county input is essential to make use of local expertise and to avoid the resentment that comes when those outside the local area impose their ideas, something which Idaho Power is now careful to avoid--with the exception of the Oregon-Idaho South team. This situation now needs to be rectified.
Idaho Power has expected local routes to be drawn by Oregon counties, including the recently-added Grant county team. The CAP process would gain even-handed fairness if Idaho citizens were to draw a route or routes through their own counties.
Additional maps can be found at the B2H website:
http://www.boardmantohemingway.com/idaho_power_CAP_maps.aspx
