$2.3b Grain Belt Express transmission project moves forward

The Missouri Supreme Court decided to affirm a certificate of need and necessity for the Grain Belt Express Project, a proposed transmission line that would stretch from the Indiana-Illinois border to southwest Kansas.

The project, which is worth more than $2.3 billion, has run into frequent legal and regulatory hurdles. It is now being purchased by Invenergy, which bought it from the original developers, Clean Line Energy Partners, subject to Missouri and Kansas regulatory approvals.

However, a court decision in Illinois is still blocking the 200-mile segment of the project in that state. Invenergy said the regulatory and legal issues are thus far not hindering the project's construction timeline.

Source: T&D World