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Missourinet You are here: Home Bill to stop Grain Belt Express path gets Missouri Senate hearing, again (AUDIO) The Grain Belt Express project plans to run wind power transmission lines across eight rural counties in northern Missouri—from Buchanan through Ralls. Though the Public Service Commission has approved it and the commission’s approval won a court challenge, agricultural opponents have once again found support in the Legislature. The Missouri House passed HB 527 to stop utility company Invenergy from using its PSC-granted eminent domain power.  Wednesday, the Senate Commerce, Co...

by John Haughey, The Center Square  | March 02, 2021 10:00 AM Print this article The Missouri House has revived a 2019 eminent domain battle by passing a bill that would require county commissions approve any proposed electrical transmission line spanning their jurisdictions. House Bill 527, filed by state Rep. Mike Haffner, R-Pleasant Valley, would require approvals for a “merchant line” – such as the Grain Belt Express project – provide the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) with a resolution of support from county commissions they would tra...

The House passed a bill that could essentially block the Grain Belt Express from connecting wind farms in Kansas to customers to the east.

Missouri opposes eminent domain for wind-energy line that would cut through region Summer Ballentine Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail Missouri’s GOP-led state House has moved to ban the use of eminent domain for a large wind-energy power line planned to travel through part of west-central Illinois as it goes from Kansas to Indiana. Lawmakers in a voice vote approved legislation that would prevent the use of private land for the Grain Belt Express power line without property owners’ permission. They’re trying to stop the project’s developers, Invenergy Transmission, from pursuing ...

Invenergy, the company behind the high-voltage power line known as the Grain Belt Express proposed to go through Buchanan County, will be opening an office at 109 Fourth St. in Downtown St. Joseph. The office will be opening in the spring and will assist the public and landowners on providing information while following COVID-19 protocols, Beth Conley, Invenergy spokeswoman, said. There has been concern locally about the high-voltage line that will be going through northern Missouri due to eminent domain being used to install the line on private land. The Missouri Public Service Commission un...