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Indiana wants power! Houston-based Clean Line Energy Partners plans to build a $2 billion, 700-mile transmission line stretching from Kansas to an existing transmission line in Sullivan County, southwest Indiana, which connects to the eastern states.

manager. Kansas regulators have already granted the company public utility status. The company planned a public meeting in Sullivan County during August , where it was to make a presentation to the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce’s energy management conference in downtown Indianapolis. Clean Line said the transmission line project could facilitate investment of up to $7 billion in new wind farm installations in the plains states. Wind power generation there is restricted because transmission line connections to the east are lacking, Coggin explained. The privately funded project would not allocate construction costs to Indiana ratepayers, and Clean Line would sell the resulting electricity to the utilities.

The precise path of the “Grain Belt Express” trans- mission line is not yet confirmed, but is likely to pass into southwestern Indiana from Illinois. Property negotiations and regulatory approvals are being sought in Kansas, Missouri and Illinois. Picture: www.cleanlineenergy.com

Clean Line Energy plans to file with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, before the end of the year, to become recognized as a regulated public utility, said Diana Coggin, project development

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