ENERGYWIRE: Can the Midwest build transmission fast enough for an evolving grid?
May 14, 2024
Without billions of dollars in high-voltage power lines, the region may not have enough electricity to meet demand in extreme weather. The Midwest’s grid operator is expected soon to greenlight the country’s largest-ever investment in new power lines to help states and utilities transition to renewable energy. It’s not nearly enough. Experts say that the roughly $20 billion effort, while unprecedented, may be half of what’s needed to support the region’s rapidly evolving power mix.
Read The articleMPUA continues to endorse Grain Belt Project
March 13, 2023
Missouri’s hometown electric utilities have reaffirmed their support of the Grain Belt Express transmission project (Grain Belt). A resolution affirming continued support of the project was passed March 9 by the MPUA Board of Directors that represents 120 hometown utility members.
Read the MPUA press releaseDOE eyeing loan guarantee for revitalized Grain Belt Express power line
December 20, 2022
The Energy Department is considering granting a loan guarantee to the recently revived Grain Belt Express Transmission line project, The Energy Daily has learned. If granted to underwrite the power line — which would cross four states and knit together four power markets — it would mark the first loan guarantee that the DOE has issued for a high-voltage, direct-current power line.
Read The ArticleCheaper, Cleaner Energy In Kirkwood’s Future?
November 14, 2022
As winter approaches, energy consumers are getting frightening news about proposed price hikes for electric, natural gas, heating oil and more. Kirkwood Electric recently informed customers of an increase per kilowatt hour for their electricity.
Read The ArticleGrain Belt Express developer says new $7 billion plan will boost wind energy power
July 11, 2022
ST. LOUIS — A developer aiming to deliver wind energy across an 800-mile transmission line that’s long been stalled in Missouri announced Monday that it will expand the project’s capacity for even more power.
Read The ArticleWhat Is The Grain Belt Express?
January 14, 2022
WMAY 970 Radio – Springfield: Patrick Whitty and Mark Denzler interview on Grain Belt Express
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