Creating a Scoring System

The transmission line data layer was used to create a raster data layer with each cell assigned a value of the straight line distance to the nearest transmission line. We used this data to calculate the minimum distance from each facility to the nearest transmission line. We calculated the average slope for each facility to compare the amount of grading and site engineering required relative to other facilities. We use the average slope as a method for comparing slopes across sites, though we recognize that average slope is not an accurate indicator of the amount of grading that will be performed on-site.