by Marshall Griffin | Jul 24, 2025 | Business, News, Politics / Govt
The $4.9 billion loan guarantee given to the developers of the Grain Belt Express has been canceled. The U.S. Department of Energy issued a statement Wednesday after the cancellation, which reads in part: After a thorough review of the project’s financials, DOE found...
by Mathew Pilger | Jul 10, 2025 | News
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) announced Thursday that Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Chris Wright has pledged to halt a $4.9 billion federal loan for the controversial Grain Belt Express project. The announcement follows what Hawley calls months of sustained...
by Marshall Griffin | Apr 2, 2025 | Business, News, Politics / Govt
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, wants the Trump Administration to cancel a nearly $5 billion loan approved for the Grain Belt Express. The proposed powerline would stretch across northern Missouri, transporting electricity generated by wind turbines in Kansas...
by Ashley Byrd | May 11, 2022 | News
After years of trying to block an energy company’s ability to take power over private property rights, the Missouri Legislature passed a compromise bill to allow the expansion of Grain Belt Express wind energy lines in Missouri. The high-powered transmission...
by Ashley Byrd | Apr 22, 2021 | Business, News
The Grain Belt Express project plans to run wind power transmission lines across eight rural counties in northern Missouri—from Buchanan through Ralls. Though the Public Service Commission has approved it and the commission’s approval won a court challenge,...
