Ameren project concerns Council
“The Kirksville City Council is the latest group to express its concern with Ameren’s Mark Twain Transmission Project. The Kirksville City Council will be sending a letter to the Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois (ATXI)…
Utility petitions court for eminent domain power
“The Mid-Kansas Electrical Company is petitioning the Ford County District Court in an attempt to secure the right to use portions of 28 tracts of privately-owned land, roughly 143 acres, to complete an electricity transmission…
Judge orders water agency to refund American Lake Water Co. $100k for dismissed suit
“A judge has ordered the Northern Will County Water Agency to pay more than $100,000 to the company that owns a water pipeline the agency is trying to take over. The money will refund American…
Missouri Landowners fight back against private company seeking eminent domain
“Over 700 vocal opponents attended and spoke out at the Missouri PSC Hearing in Monroe City on Aug. 12. The Missouri PSC held its first two public hearings concerning the highly controversial Grain Belt Express…
Experts talk about erosion of property rights
“Andrew Morriss, dean of the University of Texas A&M School of Law, told 120 people attending the Montana Property Rights Conference Friday morning that a utility used condemnation proceedings to take thousands of trees off…
Pipelines and Power Lines
“WHETHER IT’S PIPELINES OR POWER LINES BEING AIMED AT a route across your land, be engaged in the routing process early, get professional legal help with the negotiations and consider some non-monetary options in the…
Ameren Uses Eminent Domain To Access Properties Around Springfield
“Ameren now has permission to use eminent domain in it’s effort to build a major power line across central Illinois. The State Commerce Commission voted unanimously to let the electric company gain access to 20…
Ameren receives eminent domain authority to install major power line
“State regulators have granted Ameren Tranmission Co. eminent domain authority on two sections of a major power line planned across central Illinois. A third request is pending, and others seem likely. Members of the Illinois…
Grain Belt Express faces eminent domain challenge
“A bill filed by Rep. Dr. Jim Neely, R-Cameron, seeks to change state law concerning eminent domain powers exercised by utilities. The measure would erase the power of eminent domain in certain counties along the…
TWO VIEWS: Use of eminent domain would set dangerous precedent
“The Preservation of Rural Iowa Alliance (PRIA) was formed July 26, 2013, to assist landowners, tenants, families, businesses and community members in finding more information on how to stop the proposed Rock Island Clean Line…