PacifiCorp, sheep company face off over power line route

RAWLINS — PacifiCorp’s plan to run more than 1,000 miles of power line through Wyoming and Idaho has landed the company in Carbon County District Court over disputes with a landowner along the route.

The Warren Buffet-backed PacifiCorp filed the eminent domain suit after Rocky Mountain Sheep Company refused to hammer out a deal for construction crews to run through their land near Whitehorse Canyon.

As PacifiCorp’s attempts to construct a deal with Rocky Mountain Sheep Company have proved fruitless for the past 11 months, so legal action was chosen to resolve the dispute.

The two part...