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Hearings Being Held on Grain Belt Express Line

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12/12/2016

(MSC News)---Hearings are being held this week in northwest Missouri on whether a high-voltage power line should be built across the northern part of the state.

The Missouri Public Service Commission began hearings across the state last month on a request by Clean Line Energy Partners to build the power line from the state’s western border near St. Joseph to the eastern border near Hannibal.

A hearing will be held Tuesday evening in Faucett at the Mid-Buchanan High School multi-purpose room beginning at 6:00

The line would be part of a 750-mile route carrying power from wind turbines in western Kansas to utilities in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.

The power line is dubbed the Grain Belt Express. It’s opposed by some landowners who fear the high-voltage wires could reduce property values, get in the way of farming and create health risks.

The staff of the Missouri Public Service Commission also is opposing Clean Line’s request.

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