PSC sets hearing schedule in Grain Belt Express case
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)
The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold formal evidentiary hearings May 22-26, 2023, in a case filed by Grain Belt Express, LLC.
Grain Belt is seeking to amend its certificate of convenience and necessity granted on March 19, 2019, and modifications to the conditions granted in that case.
Hearings, scheduled to start at 9 a.m. Monday, May 22, 2023, will be held in the Governor Office Building, Room 310 in Jefferson City. These hearings will also be streamed live on the Commission’s website.
The Commission will also hold local public hearings for customer comment.
On March 19, 2019, the Missouri Public Service Commission granted Grain Belt a CCN to construct, own, operate, control, manage and maintain a high voltage, direct current transmission line and associated facilities within eight Missouri counties: Buchanan, Clinton, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Randolph, Monroe and Ralls. The Grain Belt project would go through Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.
Grain Belt states for the high voltage direct current portion of the line, no material changes to the route, right-of-way or facility design are anticipated as a result of the requested amendments.
Grain Belt states in its application that the material changes to the engineering or project design from the granted CCN are:
- Relocating the Missouri converter station from Ralls County to Monroe County and increasing the capacity of the Missouri converter station from 500 MW to 2,500 MW.
- Relocating the alternating current connector line from Ralls County to Monroe, Audrain and Callaway Counties. The AC line, known as the “Tiger Connector,” will be approximately 40 miles, going south from the converter station in Monroe County, through Audrain County and ending in Callaway County at the existing McCredie Substation.
- Constructing the project in two phases.
