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Grain Belt case heads back to appellate court

SPRINGFIELD (FarmWeekNow) -- The Illinois Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s ruling that Grain Belt Express (GBX) did not demonstrate sufficient financing for a proposed multi-state transmission line that crosses nine Illinois counties and remanded the rest of the case back to the appellate court. In a 6-0 ruling, the court said GBX met its duty under the Public Utilities Act to show it could finance the project “without significant adverse financial consequences for the utility or its customers.’ “The […]

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