AC Collector System
About AC Collector System
The Alternating Current Collector Lines, or “AC Collector Lines”, consist of overhead alternating current electric transmission lines and associated infrastructure. The AC Collector System will provide nearby wind and solar facilities with a path to new markets via the Grain Belt Express high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line and will enable economic and reliability benefits for Southwest Kansas families and communities, while creating new jobs and investment in local economies.
The Bucklin-Dodge City Line is anticipated to run approximately 16 miles, and the Meade-Dodge City Line will run approximately 46 miles. Each line can serve as a delivery node for nearby electric generation facilities, minimizing overall transmission right-of-way requirements.
Together with other regional electricity infrastructure, these facilities will:
- Provide easement and lease payments for farmers and ranchers
- Create thousands of construction jobs
- Boost economic activity and jobs at local restaurants, gas stations, hotels, and shops
- Create long-term revenues supporting local public services and schools
- Generate hundreds of millions of dollars in worker earnings and economic output for the local communities and the State of Kansas
Provide easement and lease payments for farmers and ranchers
Create thousands of construction jobs
Boost economic activity and jobs at local restaurants, gas stations, hotels, and shops
Create long-term revenues supporting local public services and schools
Generate hundreds of millions of dollars in worker earnings and economic output for the local communities and the State of Kansas
On September 26, 2024, Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) approved a siting permit application from Grain Belt Express LLC, establishing the route for two inter-related 345 kV alternating current (AC) transmission lines and their associated facilities. Next steps include coordination with landowners along the two routes. To get in touch with your land agent, please email Connect@KansasACCollector.com or contact your assigned agent directly.
Read more about the KCC's decision here.
You can view the approved Bucklin-Dodge City and Meade-Dodge City routes using the interactive mapping tool below or the below schematic maps.
Timeline
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- Quarter 1 2024: Public and Stakeholder Engagement
- May 2024: Filing of the line siting application with the Kansas Corporation Commission
- September 2024: Kansas Corporation Commission Decision
- Quarter 3 2024 to Quarter 1 2026: Field Studies, Permitting, Engineering and Easement Acquisition
- January 2025: Submit second routing analysis of landowner-proposed re-routes affecting new landowners with the Kansas Corporation Commission
- Construction as soon as Early 2026
- Anticipated In-Service Date as soon as 2028
Landowner Resources
o Invenergy values the relationships it has built with project landowners, and understands landowners want certainty about what the project means for you and your land. Landowners along the two AC Collector Lines will receive detailed communications from the project team regarding next steps, including the easement offer process.
Commonly requested landowner resources are available below.
