transmission
New Grain Belt Express deal would deliver bulk of wind power to Missouri
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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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.
The transmission line, originally envisioned as a thruway from Kansas to Indiana, has struggled to gain approval in Missouri and Illinois.
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.
A Missouri landowners group says the transmission line developers don’t meet the definition of a public utility.
Missouri regulators’ approval of the transmission project puts Kansas in a position for significant wind development.
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.