View Comments Sedona’s scenic Red Rock country is a magnet for tourists, attracting some 3 million visitors annually. The magnet is obvious. What visitors like most, according to the Sedona Chamber of Commerce, is “the natural beauty of the area.” Some of the most spectacular Red Rock views that lie just south of Sedona proper, in the neighboring Village of Oak Creek, are coming under pressure from the state’s largest utility company, Arizona Public Service, in the form of an unwelcome new powerline. APS has proposed building a 10 to 15 mile above-ground 69kV powerline from nearby McGuireville into Oak Creek. APS says this will provide resiliency, important backup during power outages and an additional source of future power demand. They favor a route of 65-foot steel monopoles, laced with three or more high-voltage lines, spaced roughly 88 yards apart.