Grain Belt Express

The Grain Belt Express is a proposed 780-mile transmission line that would carry wind energy from western Kansas to customers in Indiana. Its developer, Texas-based Clean Line Energy Partners, sold the project to Chicago-based Invenergy in November 2018. After twice rejecting the $2.3 billion project, the Missouri Public Service Commission reversed course — approving the transmission line — in March 2019.

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New Grain Belt Express deal would deliver bulk of wind power to Missouri

By Karen Uhlenhuth

The transmission line, originally envisioned as a thruway from Kansas to Indiana, has struggled to gain approval in Missouri and Illinois.

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Missouri eminent domain bill takes aim again at Grain Belt Express project

By Karen Uhlenhuth

The bill is on its way to a full vote in the state House, where it’s expected to pass, but it faces longer odds in the Senate.

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Property question prompts latest challenge to Grain Belt Express

By Karen Uhlenhuth

A Missouri landowners group says the transmission line developers don’t meet the definition of a public utility.

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‘Opportunity is ripe’ for Kansas wind after Missouri OKs Grain Belt Express

By Karen Uhlenhuth

Missouri regulators’ approval of the transmission project puts Kansas in a position for significant wind development.

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Missouri regulators signal readiness to OK Grain Belt Express transmission project

By Jeffrey Tomich / Energywire

After twice rejecting a 780-mile transmission project to move wind energy from Kansas to the eastern United States, Missouri regulators are signaling they’re ready to approve the $2.5 billion project.