LOCATION/TYPE

NEWS HOME


[ exact phrase in "" • results by date ]

[ Google-powered • results by relevance ]

Archive
RSS

Add NWW headlines to your site (click here)

WHAT TO DO
when your community is targeted

Get weekly updates
RSS

RSS feeds and more

Keep Wind Watch online and independent!

Donate via Stripe

Donate via Paypal

Selected Documents

All Documents

Research Links

Alerts

Press Releases

FAQs

Campaign Material

Photos & Graphics

Videos

Allied Groups

Wind Watch is a registered educational charity, founded in 2005.

News Watch Home

Hundreds of landowners attend Grain Belt Express meetings 

Credit:  The Caldwell County News | Tuesday, June 17, 2014 | www.mycaldwellcounty.com ~~

Since February, more than 525 people have attended one of 22 public meetings hosted by Clean Line Energy, the company working to construct a 750-mile direct current transmission line to bring wind energy from western Kanas to Missouri. Landowners were notified of the proposed route for the Grain Belt Express this spring.

“We’ve had productive meetings with Missouri landowners who have attended office hours and met with us to discuss the project and our easement agreements,” said Mark Lawlor with Clean Line Energy. “We are committed to continuing open lines of communication as the project progresses and we encourage people to drop by our open office hours or contact us via our toll-free number if they have any questions.”

According to Clean Line, there are two primary components to its compensation package: an easement payment and a structure payment.

• Easement compensation is based on the area of the easement, calculated in acres. Clean Line pays landowners 100% of the fair market value of the easement area.

• Structure payments are calculated based on the type of structure selected by Grain Belt Express and the number of structures located on a specific property. Landowners may elect to receive a one-time payment or annual payments. Annual payments will be made as long as a structure is on the property and will increase by 2% each year.

Based on that formula, a 150-foot easement, one half-mile in length, on property valued at $5,000 per acre, would result in a one-time easement payment of $45,500. With two lattice structures on the property, a landowner would receive an additional $36,000 if they chose the one-time payment. However, if the landowner chose to receive annual structure payments, he or she would receive $3,000 for the two structures the first year, and each year the structure payments would increase by 2%. Clean Line would also compensate landowners for any possible crop damage.

According to the company, 99 percent of the land in the easement area can still be used for farming and other agricultural activities.

During meetings with Clean Line, landowners have expressed concerns about the size of the proposed transmission line, potential impacts to the performance of GPS equipment and difficulty in farming around structures. Clean Line posts answers to these frequently asked questions on its website and works to address concerns through conversations with landowners.

Lawlor said the questions people ask about the company’s $500 million investment in Missouri are important and help generate the robust discussion needed for planning new infrastructure projects.

“There are other direct current transmission lines like the Grain Belt Express that have been operating across the United States for decades, but this is new for Missouri,” said Lawlor. “We realize this is a significant development in the area, and we want to encourage dialogue between landowners and representatives from our company, which is why we’re continuing to hold open office hours across the project area.”

Clean Line has three land agents across northern Missouri who are available to meet with the public regarding the project. For more information, call 855-665-3438 or visit www.grainbeltexpresscleanline.com.

Source:  The Caldwell County News | Tuesday, June 17, 2014 | www.mycaldwellcounty.com

This article is the work of the source indicated. Any opinions expressed in it are not necessarily those of National Wind Watch.

The copyright of this article resides with the author or publisher indicated. As part of its noncommercial educational effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Send requests to excerpt, general inquiries, and comments via e-mail.

Wind Watch relies entirely
on User Contributions
   Donate via Stripe
(via Stripe)
Donate via Paypal
(via Paypal)

Share:

e-mail X FB LI M TG TS G Share


News Watch Home

Get the Facts
CONTACT DONATE PRIVACY ABOUT SEARCH
© National Wind Watch, Inc.
Use of copyrighted material adheres to Fair Use.
"Wind Watch" is a registered trademark.

 Follow:

Wind Watch on X Wind Watch on Facebook Wind Watch on Linked In

Wind Watch on Mastodon Wind Watch on Truth Social

Wind Watch on Gab Wind Watch on Bluesky