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Proposed energy corridor discussed at county meeting

By Greg Bebermeyer

08/14/2024

Brown County Courthouse

(KNZA)--The Brown County Commission was urged Monday to approve a resolution opposing a proposed five-mile wide electric transmission line corridor that would run through several northeast Kansas counties--including Brown.

Beth Salmans and Angel Cushing with the Western Region Property Rights Coalition met with the Commission to present information on the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor.

In May, the U.S. Department of Energy unveiled a list of 10 potential corridors--a designation that would allow the federal government to expedite the development of electric grid expansion projects in those areas.

One of the proposed corridors would run through a portion of northeast Kansas--including locally Marshall, Nemaha, Brown and Doniphan Counties--along the same route as the Grain Belt Express line, which was approved in 2011 by the Kansas Corporation Commission.

Salmans said the proposal would allow the federal government to take land through eminent domain, which would have a devastating impact on the agriculture community and result in a loss of property tax revenue.

Commission Chairman Rich Lehmkuhl and Commissioner Bill Pollock voiced support for having a resolution drafted in opposition to the transmission line corridor proposal. The resolution would be brought back for Commission approval.

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