2 Ways a Transmission Project Got New Life After Regulators Rejected It

Background: Missouri regulators had rejected an application that would grant eminent domain authority to the Grain Belt Express, in part, due to no service would be provided to person in Missouri.

Grain Belt Express over came regulators by:

• entering into an agreement to provide service to Missourians
• winning at the Missouri State Supreme Court which found that precedent requiring pre-approval of counties was not appropriate 

St Louis Dispatch | Missouri Supreme Court says state regulators erred in denial of Grain Belt Express transmission line