Missouri regulators sets to approve the development of Grain Belt Express Clean Line transmission project
The Missouri Public Service Commission is set to give its development approval to Clean Line Energy Partners’ Grain Belt Express transmission line project.
The US$2.5 billion Grain Belt Express Clean Line transmission project will deliver up to 4,000 megawatts of low-cost wind power from western Kansas to Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and states farther east that have strong demand for clean, reliable energy.
The project is a proposed approximately 780-mile, multi-terminal ±600 kV high-voltage, direct current (HVDC) transmission line and associated facilities. The project will originate near the Spearville 345-kV substation in Ford County, Kansas, and will terminate near the Sullivan 765-kV substation in Sullivan County, Indiana.
The commission has concluded that the developer has the financial ability to implement the project, touted as economically feasible and promotes the public interest, creating both short-term and long-term benefits to ratepayers in the state.
The scheme initially was rejected by Missouri regulators but the decision was overturned after a Supreme Court ruling calling for reconsideration.
Invenergy is set to begin the construction of the project in 2020 with expected completion in 2024.
