KCC plans hearing for electric line route

The Kansas Corporation Commission will have a three-day line siting hearing for a proposed transmission line project.

April 21, 2023 - 2:24 PM

Gary Curry, who lives north of Gas, finds his property on a map that shows where a transmission line will cut through Allen County. Curry was among several Allen County residents who attended an open house in Fort Scott hosted by NextEra Energy, the company tasked with developing a 94-mile, 345kV transmission line from a substation at Wolf Creek to the Blackberry substation in southwest Missouri. Photo by Vickie Moss / Iola Register

The Kansas Corporation Commission will host a line siting hearing for a proposed electric transmission line that is expected to extend through much of Allen County.

The three-day hearing will last from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 2-4, which runs Tuesday through Thursday.

Spectators will be able to watch the proceedings via the Kansas Corporation Commission’s YouTube channel or on Zoom.

NexEra has been contracted to build a 94-mile, 345 kV transmission line from Wolf Creek power plant to the Blackberry Substation in Jasper County, Missouri.

The proposed line route would cut diagonally through Allen County, affecting 58 local landowners.

The project requires the KCC to sign off on the route.

Roughly 60 area landowners attended a March 1 hearing in Iola about the proposal.

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