A panel of Missouri utility regulators has denied one company's request to construct a high-voltage power line in Missouri for a multistate wind energy project.
A proposed high-voltage power line through the region has federal approval, but it still must get the OK from regulators in Missouri and Illinois.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has given the green light to the controversial Grain Belt Express Clean Line.
Grain Belt Express Clean Line officially releases a proposed route for an overhead power transmission line from Kansas across Missouri and Illinois to points east. Affected counties in the area are Chariton, Randolph, Monroe and Ralls.