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The electrons will have to drift as far as 3.5 meters, driven by a voltage of 180 kilovolts.

The shortcut that Florida Power & Light took was to limit the voltage on the line — to 161 kilovolts rather than 230 — putting it under a threshold that would have required extensive regulatory scrutiny.

The power line where police most recently saw two hammocks, Eskelsen said, carries 46,000 kilovolts – an electric current that can easily kill a person, especially one lounging close to the line’s conductor.

Operating at voltages of 300 kilovolts, more than 2500 times stronger than electricity from a U.S. wall socket, the machine requires a bulky transformer and thick, heavily insulated cabling.

It would allow NorthWestern to buy additional generating capacity at the Colstrip plant and additional access to a 500 kilovolt power line.