July 11, 2025
July 11, 2025—Dear Secretary Wright,
President Trump’s infrastructure agenda and your leadership are making America energy dominant, secure, and prosperous. Unfortunately, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey are declaring open season on America’s ability to build needed energy infrastructure. We ask you to put this unfounded noise aside and affirm a commitment to the Grain Belt Express to reach closing, following the fulfillment of conditions negotiated in our Conditional Commitment.
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July 10, 2025
Grain Belt Express today issued the following statement in response to a tweet from Senator Josh Hawley: This is bizarre. Senator Hawley is attempting to kill the largest transmission infrastructure project in U.S. history which is already approved by four states and is aligned with the President’s energy dominance agenda. Senator Hawley is trying to deprive Americans billions of dollars in energy cost savings, thousands of jobs, grid reliability and national security, all in an era of exponentially growing demand.
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June 24, 2025
Williamsport, Pa., June 20, 2025 – – A world leader in energy expansion and digital transformation, Prysmian announced today that it added 51,000 square feet and 27 additional permanent jobs to its Williamsport facility as a result of a supply and manufacturing agreement with Invenergy—America’s largest privately held independent power producer.
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May 7, 2025
Kansas City, MO – Grain Belt Express, the largest electric transmission project in the U.S., today announced nearly $1.7 billion in combined U.S. contractor awards to Quanta Services (Quanta), a leader in specialized infrastructure solutions for the energy industry, and Kiewit Energy Group Inc. (Kiewit), one of America’s leading engineering, construction and procurement companies.
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January 16, 2025
CENTRALIA, MO – Equipment for America’s largest power grid infrastructure project will support local jobs, thanks to new details announced today of a supply agreement between Centralia’s largest employer, Hubbell and Invenergy, America’s largest privately held independent power producer and the developer of the Grain Belt Express transmission line serving Missouri.
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September 26, 2024
TOPEKA, KS – Today, the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) approved a siting permit application from Grain Belt Express LLC, establishing the route for two inter-related 345 kV alternating current (AC) transmission lines and their associated facilities, as part of the Southwest Kansas “AC Collector System.”
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September 10, 2024
As America’s energy needs increase, one of the most critical challenges is ensuring more affordable and reliable transmission of electricity from areas of available supply to regions with high demand. Based on findings from the National Transmission Needs Study, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in May 2024 announced ten preliminary proposed National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETCs) to serve this need.
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March 12, 2024
Grain Belt Express LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Invenergy Transmission LLC, today announced the launch of an Open Solicitation process to allocate up to 800 megawatts (MW) of transmission capacity on Phase 1 of the Grain Belt Express HVDC transmission line. The Brattle Group will oversee the process as the Independent Solicitation Manager.
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October 12, 2023
Today, the $7 billion, 800-mile Grain Belt Express
electric transmission infrastructure project secured approval from the Missouri Public Service Commission (MPSC) for its request to amend its existing Certificate of Convenience and Necessity. The decision marks the last required state siting approval for significant enhancements to the project and provides the necessary certainty about power delivery to support ongoing and upcoming commercial contracting efforts.
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June 14, 2023
Topeka, Kansas (June 14, 2023) – The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) on Tuesday granted a request to amend the existing regulatory approvals for the Grain Belt Express transmission project.
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April 26, 2023
Invenergy Transmission – an affiliate of American-led Invenergy, the leading privately-held developer, owner, and operator of sustainable energy solutions – and Prysmian Group North America – a world leader in energy and telecommunications cable systems – today announced a long-term supply agreement that includes a $22.5 million investment to expand domestic manufacturing capacity of advanced transmission conductor technology.
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March 13, 2023
Grain Belt Express, an Invenergy Transmission project, filed last week with Kansas regulators to amend its project approvals to allow Kansas to realize the economic benefits of the line more quickly.
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March 8, 2023
Today, the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) granted the Grain Belt Express transmission line project a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN), marking the successful conclusion of over a yearlong public input and review process. The approval will enable $4.3 billion in expected energy cost savings for Illinois energy consumers, while helping to address growing concerns about regional power grid reliability.
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January 25, 2023
Grain Belt Express, an Invenergy Transmission project, has selected Siemens Energy Inc. to supply the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission technology for Phase 1 of the 800-mile project.
Grain Belt Express will deliver 100% domestic, clean, and affordable electricity to homes and businesses across four Midwest states—Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana—and other regions. At 5,000 megawatts of capacity, it is the highest-capacity line in development in the United States, connecting grid regions that serve 40% of American households. Phase 1 of the project is proposed to include an HVDC transmission line that extends approximately 530 miles between the converter stations in Kansas and Missouri.
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August 25, 2022
Responding to Regional Market Demand and State Leaders’ Calls,
Proposed Project Changes Would Deliver More Power and Energy Savings to Missouri, Benefitting Consumers Throughout Midwest
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July 27, 2022
Updated economic impact figures, new estimates of energy cost savings, and final proposed routes are provided in Illinois Commerce Commission application
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July 11, 2022
Responding to Regional Market Demand and State Leaders’ Calls,
Project Changes Will Deliver More Power and Energy Savings to Missouri, Benefitting Consumers Throughout Midwest
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