Project Status
Grain Belt Express values the relationships it has built with project landowners, and understands landowners want certainty about what the project means for you and your land. Commonly requested landowner resources are available here.
Updates and Announcements
Landowner Update: Grain Belt Express Project Phasing Plan
Grain Belt Express announced a plan to deliver more power and energy savings, benefiting more consumers throughout the Midwest. Grain Belt Express will be constructed in two phases. Phase 1 will move ahead of Phase 2 to begin delivering local benefits sooner. Learn more below about each project phase and what Grain Belt Express landowners can expect next.
Our Contractors, Working for You
Contract Land Staff (CLS) represents Grain Belt Express in conducting landowner outreach and easement negotiations for the project, a successful partnership of over two years. CLS land representatives are the primary contact for Grain Belt Express landowners and work to build trusting relationships. Their aim is to reach voluntary, fair and equitable settlements with every landowner.
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FAQs
Download FAQ PDFRegulators have warned that aging energy infrastructure in the Midwest is struggling to keep pace with demand. Grain Belt Express will provide access to affordable, clean power for consumers across the Midwest and deliver billions in energy cost savings to Missouri, Illinois and the Midwest.
Grain Belt Express is a long-distance transmission line that will deliver renewable electricity generated in Kansas to neighboring “power pools” that serve consumers in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and elsewhere across the Midwest. By delivering more affordable power into each “pool”, all consumers connected to that grid benefit, regardless of whether your local utility purchases power from Grain Belt Express.
Invenergy Transmission, an affiliate of Invenergy, a Midwest-based company with 20 years of experience solving energy challenges for our customers and communities.
Phase 1(All parcels in Missouri on the approved HVDC route from the Kansas-Missouri border to the Missouri converter station proposed in Monroe County) will be ready to start full construction as soon as the start of 2025. A schedule for Phase 2 (All parcels on the approved HVDC route between the Missouri converter station proposed in Monroe County to the Missouri-Illinois border) has not yet been announced but will follow Phase 1. Land representatives began working with Phase 2 landowners on easement agreements in 2023.
The cost of Grain Belt Express is expected to be primarily paid for by customers of the line, including local utilities or large power purchasers. In Missouri, Grain Belt Express has signed transmission service agreements with 39 Missouri municipal utilities that are a part of the Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission (MJMEUC), bringing power to at least 350,000 electric customers in Missouri. Grain Belt Express has seen strong interest in the market and expects to secure additional customer agreements serving more local energy customers in MO, IL, IN and across the Midwest, prior to construction beginning.
