JEFFERSON CITY—The Missouri Public Service Commission has modified the hearing schedule in a case filed by Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois (ATXI). The Commission granted a motion filed by Neighbors United Against Ameren’s Power Line, an intervenor in the case.
Hearings, originally scheduled for December 14-18, 2015, are now scheduled to begin on January 25, 2016, in Room 310 of the Governor Office Building, 200 Madison Street, Jefferson City. Hearings are scheduled through January 29, 2016.
These hearings will be held in a building that meets the accessibility standards required by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Any person requiring additional accommodations to participate in these hearings should call the Public Service Commission’s hotline at 1-800-392-4211 (voice) or Relay Missouri at 711 before the hearings.
ATXI filed an application with the Public Service Commission asking the Commission to either find that it does not have jurisdiction, or in the alternative, grant ATXI a certificate of convenience and necessity to build, operate and maintain a 345-kV electric transmission line from Palmyra, Missouri to the Iowa border and an associated substation near Kirksville, Missouri.
According to the ATXI application, the proposed 345-kV electric transmission line is approximately 95 miles in length, running generally from a substation near Palmyra, Missouri and extending through Marion, Shelby, Knox and Adair counties to a new substation located near Kirksville, Missouri (Zachary Substation), and proceeding through Schuyler County to a connection point on the Iowa border, together with a 2.2-mile 161-kV connector line from the Zachary Substation to Ameren Missouri’s existing Adair substation.
