Studies have found that transmission projects can adversely impact wildlife, both during the construction and the operation phases, through habitat loss or fragmentation, electrocution, fire risk and disruption of animal behavior.
Zaidi’s comments followed a recollection by former Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Zaidi’s interlocutor at the Stanford event. Chu recounted that his efforts to speed up approvals for transmission lines, seen as critical for connecting and delivering clean energy across the U.S., were stymied by opposition within the administration.
“Ken Salazar says if we’re going to do this, somebody’s got to be in charge. And so I say, Okay, I’ll do it, I’ll be in charge. So he says great, and he calls me up half an hour after the meeting, and he says ‘I can’t support this.’ Why not? ‘Because people in my department don’t want it to happen.’ Who’s against it? ‘Fish & Wildlife, Game, they don’t want transmission lines where they hunt and fish.
The two Stanford professors—Chu teaches physics and molecular physiology, Zaidi is a Precourt energy scholar and adjunct—agreed about the groundswell.
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