The Missouri Supreme Court will decide if a transmission line to carry wind power through northern Missouri will move forward.

The Grain Belt Express project has been rejected by the state Public Service Commission (PSC) twice.  The Commission denied a request filed in July 2015 by Clean Line Energy for a certificate of convenience and necessity which would give the company eminent domain to construct, operate and maintain a high voltage transmission line.

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“When it comes to dealing with cell phone towers and other wireless telecommunications facilities that began to pop up around the city earlier this year, Independence might have more leg to stand on than city leaders thought.

The city law department has contracted Healy Law Offices in Springfield, Missouri, which specializes in utility regulatory law, to help draft ordinances that allow the city to have some say in the construction of wireless facilities.”  — by Mike Genet, Examiner.net

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Interview by Live Line of Terry Jarrett

APPA/NRECA/MJMEUC Amici Brief (PDF Document)