On December 16, 2024, the Midwest-Plains National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (NIETC) was canceled, and that’s good news for Kansans whose land was within that 5-mile corridor. Grain Belt Express is still alive, however, and has received $4.9 billion from the Biden administration in a last-minute attempt to keep the project going. While the cancellation of Midwest-Plains is a step in the right direction, it doesn’t mean landowners are safe from eminent domain, future transmission lines, or energy corridors. The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) still has the right to permit high-voltage direct current (HVDC) projects as public utilities.