AI is spurring a big expansion of high-voltage power lines. Landowners and locals are fighting back
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John Zola stands in an apple tree grove on his property on a spot where he says the local electric utility wants to build a 500-kilovolt line across his land, March 4, 2026, in Sugarloaf, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)The snow-covered corridor once used for a since-removed residential power line is visible behind the basketball court and barn on John Zola's property where the local power utility wants to build a 500-kilovolt power line on towers as tall as 240 feet across his land, March 4, 2026, in Sugarloaf, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)A 235-kilovolt power line towers over farm buildings near where the local power utility plans to build a 500-kilovolt power line on towers as tall as 240 feet, March 4, 2026, in Sugarloaf, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)A 500-kilovolt electric transmission line crosses farmland in Mechanicsburg, Pa., on March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)A sign protesting the local power utility's plan to build a 500-kilovolt power line nearby on towers as tall as 240 feet, March 4, 2026, in Sugarloaf, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
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John Zola stands in an apple tree grove on his property on a spot where he says the local electric utility wants to build a 500-kilovolt line across his land, March 4, 2026, in Sugarloaf, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)