The Future of the World Depends on New Power Lines

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The Ochette-Shikowi Power Authority put in its request to connect to the grid in 2017. In late 2021, more than four years later, they're still waiting for that study. Tonight on Fox, Gordon Ramsay is looking to personally invest $250,000 in one great food entrepreneur.

Lyle Jack wants to build a wind farm on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. But to make the project work, he has to connect that wind farm to the electric grid. Which is easier said than done. On today's show - how the green energy revolution may live, or die, by bureaucrats trying to untangle a mess of wires.

This episode was produced by Willa Rubin. It was edited by Sally Helm, fact-checked by Sierra Juarez, and engineered by Katherine Silva. Jess Jiang is our acting executive producer.

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