An application for a proposed 29-mile-long electrical transmission line has been filed by Southwestern Electric Power Co. with the Arkansas Public Service Commission.

SWEPCO filed the application in Little Rock on Tuesday for a “Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need.”

The proposal would construct a 345-kilovolt transmission line that would carry 345,000 volts of electricity from Bowie County, Texas, to the proposed power plant near Fulton, Ark.

The overall length of the transmission line will be 29.1 miles if constructed on the company’...