WAPA: Connecting-The-Lines + Filling-In-The Dots

Most people probably didn't notice it, but there's A VERY BIG WHOPPER for power plans and more real estate development here in what's called The Southeast Valley.
Power in the expansion of above-the-ground electric energy lines and powers behind-the-scenes
(the reference is to "other stakeholders" that go un-named).

Make no  mistake about it: these are long-range plans. Last week the Mesa City approved an agreement with City Manager Chris Brady to purchase electric energy from WAPA through the year 2030. WAPA is the Western Area Power Alliance. It just happened to coincide with SRP's press announcement that was published by The Queen Creek Independent on November 8th.
They're all "Linked-Up" in the expansion of The New Zion and Saint's Holdings.

Read what you want into that . . . or you might want to take the heat off the subject by calling it Suburban Sprawl or a network of scattered and connected Boomburgs or fast-growing technology corridors/sectors with major corporations who have been the catalyst for housing, shopping and entertainment that have now become recognizable places-on-the-aerial maps. NOTICE where the lines on the map are going.
(6.5 miles of the new WAPA power lines run through Mesa)

SRP receives OK for Southeast Power Link through Queen Creek, Mesa

Nov 8th, 2018 · by Queen Creek Independent · Comments: 0

A half-mile of the proposed route for the Southeast Power Link project will be in Queen Creek and the remainder in Mesa, according to SRP. (Map/Salt River Project)

The Arizona Corporation Commission this week unanimously approved a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility for an SRP power line project.

SRP officials stated in a release that the Southeast Power Link “will enable Salt River Project to meet growing energy needs in the Southeast Valley.”

Wednesday’s approval was the final step of the application for the Southeast Power Link project submitted by SRP to the ACC that allows for construction of 7 miles of new overhead 230-kilovolt power lines, according to a release.

A half-mile of the proposed route will be in Queen Creek and the remainder in Mesa. The project also includes a new 230/69-kV receiving station.

Mike Hummel*

“We are pleased we are able to move forward with critical infrastructure that will help prepare this growing region for its future as a leading employment and technology hub and as a thriving residential community,” Mike Hummel, SRP general manager and CEO, stated.

“SRP appreciates the cooperation and support from the city of Mesa, town of Queen Creek and other stakeholders in the area that led to today’s decision.”

* Take a look at what Jon Talton, The Rogue Columnist, had to say about The Salt River Project and the $1.04 million-dollar salary paid to SRP's General Manager & CEO Mike Hummel. His remarks, excerpted below are included in this blog post 

27 March 2018 Business Briefs + The Kingdom & The Power

Link >> https://mesazona.blogspot.com/2018/03/business-briefs-kingdom-power.html 

"The Salt River Project was recently in the news, with proposed pay increases including $251,000 a year for board President David Rousseau. The story noted that this was more than Gov. Doug Ducey ($95,000) or Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton ($88,000). SRP backed off following the news in the Arizona Republic. The real day-to-day boss in the new general manager, Mike Hummel, who will make $1.04 million. Despite the modest title, this is a position of immense influence. Former general managers include heavyweights Jack Pfister and Dick Silverman. . .

Phoenix lacks engaged moneyed stewards such as Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Seattle, or major headquarters such as Amazon. This only magnifies the power of SRP. It is no ordinary utility, even though it supplies electricity to the Phoenix metropolitan area along with Arizona Public Service. But much of what it does happens behind the scenes . . .
Link > http://www.roguecolumnist.com  

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Several technology companies have expressed interest in locating operations in the area, which includes the Elliot Road Technology Corridor and other areas in the vicinity of the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, the release stated, adding by siting the new infrastructure now, SRP will coordinate with other infrastructure projects planned for the region such as airport expansion and new State Route 24 freeway construction.

“The Gateway Area is Mesa’s fastest-growing technology sector with major corporations who have been the catalyst for housing, shopping and entertainment,” Mayor John Giles stated.

“New infrastructure is key to bringing more great companies and high wage jobs to the area. I am pleased to work with the community and our neighboring cities on this important project.”

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GM ends its operations at Mesa test track 

by Gary Nelson - Jun. 12, 2009 12:00 AM
The Arizona Republic

. . . there was an eastward-rolling tsunami of suburban sprawl. As early as the mid-'90s, developers were coveting GM's land and surrounding areas near the former Williams Air Force Base, now Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, for new housing projects. . . In 2004, GM sold the southern portion to Phoenix businessman William Levine. Two years later, the northern 5 square miles was sold to Scottsdale-based DMB Associates for $265 million.

Featured in the article: Roc Arnett and Jack Sellers, a Chandler councilman at that time

Read more >>  AZ Central Archives

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DMB pursues Mesa subdivision project

January 11, 2012 | Article by Gary Nelson
. . . A zoning plan approved by Mesa for the property in 2008 allows up to 15,000 dwelling units of various kinds. Dea McDonald, DMB’s vice president for development, said the time had arrived to start building them. . . Eastmark is expected to evolve over the next three or four decades into a dense urban center closely tied to the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. Eventually, there could be high-rise business districts fronting the airport along Ellsworth Road. . . Macdonald says he expects DMB and “multiple” developers to close escrow in June, and that Mesa also will approve plans for their subdivisions about that time. McDonald said he cannot reveal the builders’ names until deals are finalized.

Mesa to Annex Two Chunks of Former GM Desert Proving Ground 

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Southwest’s Fastest Growing Corridor

Location: Coolidge, Arizona in Central Pinal County

Size: 11,438+/- Acres

Water Rights: 34,000 Acre Feet +/- Per Year

Access: Interstates I-10 and I-8

Rail: Union Pacific unit train capable

Future home of the proposed high speed train from Los Angeles

 

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( this image was updated 5/8/17 )

 

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