The U. S. Department of Energy announced on Monday, December 16th, the removal of the Midwest Plains Proposed Transmission Line from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor Project.
He went on to say that Kansans do not want the Federal Government dictating what happens in their backyard. He called the proposal a dangerous overreach of federal authority, turning our backyards into pathways for delivering energy to the coastal elites.
In September, Representative Mann and Senators Moran and Marshall introduced legislation to prevent the federal government from using taxpayer dollars to seize property for the National Interest Electric transmission Corridor.