7 active federal leases and rights-of-way, including 7 for oil and gas. We take on title, leasing and right-of-way work on both sides of the federal line: this record, and the private ground it runs through.
From the county profile, computed October 8, 2026. Federal cases only: private and state land are not in this record, and a case that crosses a county line counts in each county it touches.
No named holders of federal rights-of-way in Bedford County in this record.
From BLM's public record, by holder. Company and agency names as BLM records them; a holder who is a private person is counted, never named.
| Industry | Authorized | Pending | New in 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| SolarSolar energy grants | None | None | None |
| WindWind energy grants | None | None | None |
| GeothermalGeothermal leases | None | None | None |
| Oil and gasOil and gas leases and grants | 7 | None | None |
| Transmission and powerPower and transmission grants | None | None | None |
| PipelinesPipeline grants | None | None | None |
| Telecom and fiberFiber and telecom grants | None | None | None |
| WaterWater grants | None | None | None |
| RoadsRoad grants | None | None | None |
| MiningOpen mining claims | None | None | None |
| OtherOther federal cases | None | None | None |
“Not covered yet” means the record has not been read for that industry here; “None” means it was read and holds none.
Federal surface management from BLM; state trust, state and local public land (PAD-US) are not loaded yet.
Bureau of Land Management, Surface Management Agency, October 7, 2026
BLM leases and rights-of-way, by industry.
Bureau of Land Management, MLRS, October 7, 2026
Federal oil and gas leases and facility rights-of-way; state well permits are not loaded yet.
Bureau of Land Management, MLRS, October 7, 2026
Solar and wind rights-of-way on federal land; power plants and interconnection queues are not loaded yet.
Bureau of Land Management, MLRS, October 7, 2026
Power line and pipeline rights-of-way on federal land; transmission lines, substations and plants are not loaded yet.
Bureau of Land Management, MLRS, October 7, 2026
Active interconnection requests and their capacity, by technology.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and GridTracker, Queued Up (CC BY 4.0), October 7, 2026
No generator of 1 MW or more is reported in this county.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M (August 2026), October 7, 2026
The 5 utilities serving the county, with average retail prices (Average retail price by utility (EIA-861/861M), not a tariff quote; the rate a site gets depends on its tariff and load); the state's data center incentives are not yet reviewed; hosting establishments are not loaded yet; substation capacity is not public.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 and EIA-861M, 2025 annual; monthly through 2026-07
Superfund sites and brownfields and critical habitat (none designated here); flood zones, wetlands and protected areas are not loaded yet.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Facility Registry Service, October 7, 2026 · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Critical Habitat, October 7, 2026
Drought conditions this week and over the last year (U.S. Drought Monitor); community water system service areas (EPA; some boundaries modeled); groundwater is not loaded yet. Riparian water law: there are no appropriation records to show.
The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Map courtesy of NDMC., October 7, 2026 · U.S. EPA, Community Water System Service Area Boundaries (MIT License, Copyright (c) 2025 US EPA), October 7, 2026
Not covered yet here: Parcels and owners, Building permits.
Everything above is what the federal government controls. It does not show who owns a severed mineral or geothermal estate on private ground, whether that title is clean, what liens sit against it, or which families you will be negotiating with. That lives in the Bedford County recorder's office, and it is the step that decides whether you can actually lease the ground.