JEFFERSON CITY---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). Grain Belt is seeking to amend its certificate of convenience and necessity (CCN) granted on March 19, 2019 (EA-2016-0358) and for approval of certain modifications to the conditions of the CCN granted in that case.
Hearings, scheduled to start at 9:00 a.m. on May 22, 2023, will be held in the Governor Office Building, Room 310, 200 Madison Street, in Jefferson City. This building meets the accessibility standards required by the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you need additional
accommodations to participate in these hearings, please call the Public Service Commission’s Hotline at 1-800-392-4211 (voice) or Relay Missouri at 711 before the hearings. These hearings will also be streamed live on the Commission’s website (
www.psc.mo.gov).
The Commission will also hold local public hearings in this case to receive customer comment. The Commission will issue a separate order regarding the local public hearing schedule when dates, times and locations are finalized.
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 traverse the states of Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana, including approximately 206 miles in Missouri.
In its current application case (EA-2023-0017), Grain Belt states that for the high voltage direct current (HVDC) 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 as follows: 1) 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; 2) Relocating the alternating current (AC) connector line from Ralls County to Monroe, Audrain and Callaway Counties (The AC tie line, known as the “Tiger Connector,” will be approximately 40 miles, traversing south from the converter station in Monroe County, through Audrain County, and terminating in Callaway County at the existing McCredie Substation); and 3) Constructing the project in two phases.
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