An official announcement will be made within the next two or three weeks, according to information leaked to the Scottish press. The Scottish government has not yet formally acknowledged its decision.
The Beauly-Denny debate has taken on almost mythical proportions in Scotland since Scottish and Southern Energy and ScottishPower first applied for permission to upgrade the line in September 2005.
Opponents feel that the £350m ($571m) project, which would see 600 massive pylons built across 220km of picturesque terrain, is a perfect example of power companies continuing to destroy the environment while claiming to have gone green.
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