Bernalillo County commissioners unanimously delayed a decision Tuesday on a proposed $35 million Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) substation, directing the utility to study burying transmission lines, with cost estimates reaching up to $110 million.
The commission voted to continue the case for 120 days and ordered three analyses: the cost of underground lines, a supplemental routing study, and alternative substation locations.
With an overflow crowd from Sandia Heights and North Albuquerque Acres in attendance.
Commissioners declined to approve the project after residents argued 90-foot transmission towers along Tramway Boulevard would damage Sandia Mountain views and increase wildfire risk…