In January 2010, the Scottish government approved controversial plans for a power line upgrade that will begin in Beauly and end in Denny, Falkirk. The new power line, part of a plan to carry electricity generated by wind farms on the Western Isles, was called "the most significant grid infrastructure project in a generation" by Jim Mather MSP. The line will consist of a network of 600 pylons, ranging in height from . The first part of the transmission circuit (Beauly to Fort Augustus) was switched on in July 2013.