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June 6, 2019 | By: AP
Missouri utility regulators have approved the
acquisition of a large wind energy project by a Chicago firm.
The decision yesterday by the state Public Service Commission was a necessary
step for Invenergy to buy the rights to construct the proposed Grain Belt
Express power line.
The project initiated by Houston-based Clean Line Energy Partners would carry
Kansas wind energy on a 780-mile path across Missouri and
Illinois before hooking into an electric grid in Indiana that serves eastern
states.
Missouri regulators earlier this year reversed their previous denials and gave
the green light to the project. Missouri legislators then tried but failed to
prohibit eminent domain for the project.
But the project still needs regulatory approval in Illinois, where an appeals
court last year overturned the state's previous approval.
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