Vice President Kamala Harris is making a trip to Maricopa County on Jan. 19 to highlight federal efforts to create a "clean energy economy."

Harris will be in Tonopah for the groundbreaking of the Ten West Link Transmission Line, an energy infrastructure project intended to connect power grids in Arizona and California.

"The new 500kV power line will improve transmission system efficiency and reliability while facilitating the development of new renewable energy and energy storage resources in Arizona and California," reads a statement from the project's website.

The Dept. of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management approved the project back in November 2019 and authorized construction in July 2022.

The vice president will be joined by Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.

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