Pawnee County officials finally get some answers for energy transmission corridor [Video]

LARNED, Kan. (KSNW) – Community leaders in Pawnee County spoke with a leadership team from the Federal Department of Energy (DOE) on Wednesday morning to learn more about a proposed energy transmission corridor. Pawnee County Attorney Douglas McNett said that several questions have been answered.

The main issue is a proposed five-mile wide corridor known as the “Midwest-Plains” corridor that would go through much of Kansas. There is also another corridor known as the “Plains-Southwest” corridor that will extend through the rest of Kansas and parts of Oklahoma:

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McNett said represenatives for the DOE told them they did not coordinate with Invenergy, the developer for the Grain Belt Express Tansmission Line that’s planned for Kansas and is a separate project, when it created the Midwest-Plains corridor.

He also says the Midwest-Plains corridor is not a done deal. It’s one of 10 possible corridors across the nation and the DOE plans to reduce the number…