Kansas utility regulators stop transmission line path through endangered grasslands

By: Morgan Chilson

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: May 12, 2026

Words: 911

Last Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago

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TOPEKA — Kansas utility regulators handed a win Tuesday to landowners concerned about a transmission line bisecting large swaths of prairie grassland in the state’s south-central region.

The Kansas Corporation Commission voted unanimously to approve part of Evergy’s proposed construction of a 133-mile transmission line. But the three-member commission stopped short of allowing the line to cross U.S. Highway 77 east into the Flint Hills, saying Evergy must reconsider that portion of the line.

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