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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. â Opponents of eminent domain for the massive Grain Belt Express project plan to rally on Wednesday at the Missouri Capitol to urge the state Senate to join with the House in passing a bill that would prohibit the involuntary seizing of land.
They hope the third time is a charm as efforts in 2019 and 2020 passed the House only to die in the Senate.
In February, the Missouri House of Representatives voted 123-33 on a bill that would reverse a Missouri Public Service Commission ruling that declared private Grain Belt Express project, which is owned by Chicago-based Invenergy, as public utility. This would allow the project to seize land through the eminent domain process if landowners refuse to sell to make way to the project.
Grain Belt transmission line forges ahead amid landowner, lawmaker pushback
Allison Kite
Missouri Independent
On the heels of a historic cold snap that left thousands across the Midwest without power, Kansas and Missouri residents could soon reap the benefits of a massive high-powered transmission line delivering renewable energy.
Grain Belt Express, a project a decade in the making, is starting to acquire land along its route spanning across nearly the width of both states. But even so, landowners, local officials and some Missouri lawmakers are still raising red flags, arguing the project will be destructive to rural communities.
The proposed Grain Belt Express, being developed by Chicago-based Invenergy, would run from near Dodge City, Kansas, to Indiana, moving 4,000 megawatts of power per year.