They are drawing routes right now. Construction talk starts in 2027. Sitting quiet counts as yes. Send the letter
Land Before LinesLand Before Lines.OZARKS · MISSOURI · OKLAHOMA
Ozarks farm, creek, and home at sundown

Southwest Missouri and northeast Oklahoma

The land
was here
before the line.

Here is the deal. They want a 345,000-volt path through this country. Towers up to 135 feet. A cleared strip about 150 feet wide. Liberty on the Missouri side. AEP on the Oklahoma side. Same regional plan. Our houses, creeks, hay fields, and front porches sit in the middle.

Copy the letter What this does to a place
~316Miles of new 345-kV they describe from Kansas through Oklahoma into Missouri
~90New 345-kV miles Liberty describes in Missouri
~100New 345-kV miles AEP describes in northeast Oklahoma
150 ftTypical right-of-way AEP describes for NEOTEP

What this is

This is not a rumor.
This is a route fight.

Southwest Power Pool told utilities to build a high-voltage path from southern Kansas through northeast Oklahoma into the Missouri Ozarks. The pitch is reliability after bad winter storms. Fine. Then show the homework. Because the bill on the ground is a permanent industrial strip across land that already had a job.

Missouri · Liberty / Empire

Branson country to the state line

Liberty says about 90 miles of new 345-kV line and 79 miles of 161-kV rebuild or conversion. Some of it follows the old Monett to Branson corridor. Some of it still has to run west and meet AEP at the Oklahoma line. Open houses already started. They are talking construction in 2027.

Missouri page

One system
Oklahoma · AEP / OK Transco

Four counties. About 100 miles.

NEOTEP is about 100 miles of new 345-kV line across Washington, Nowata, Craig, and Ottawa counties. AEP has talked 100 to 135 foot structures and a 150-foot right-of-way. The east piece is at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission as case PUD 2026-000068.

Oklahoma page

What they do not get to shrug off

They are not just changing the view.
They are changing what you can do.

Working land
01 · Land

An easement is not a handshake.

It can outlast the family that signed it. Trees come down. Buildings get limited. Crews get a key to the gate. You still pay the taxes.

Ozarks creek
02 · Water

A creek does not get a do-over.

Dirt work puts sediment in the water. If they cross a stream, we want the map, the rules, and somebody who has to fix it later. A cookie table at an open house is not a permit.

Family home and cattle
03 · Homes

A porch is not extra right-of-way.

AEP already said value can take a hit when a line sits close or stays in the picture. Ask for an independent appraisal. Do not take a brochure for an answer.

Cleared transmission corridor
04 · Leverage

They talk partnership until the route locks.

Then the leverage flips. Get the easement language, the map, and the alternatives on paper first. That is the whole game.

Read the plain version

What we are asking

Five answers.
Before anybody talks easement.

  1. Show the other options. What did you look at? Why did those lose?
  2. Prove the old lines were used up. The U.S. Department of Energy talks about tools that get more out of what is already built. Walk us through that, mile by mile.
  3. Show the real strip. Tower height. Width. Tree cutting. Temporary roads. What stays forever and what is just construction mess.
  4. Put the protections in writing. Stream crossings. How you put the ground back. Noise and field readings at houses people live in. How harm gets fixed.
  5. Name the people who decide, and the deadline. Which case. Who votes. When a comment still counts. What happens if we are late.
Copy the letter Read it on their pages

How to talk about it

Say it like you would at the ball field.

People do not share a white paper. They share a sentence they can repeat. Keep it clean. Keep it true. If you cannot point to a document, do not say it.

“Call it reliability if you want. It is still a 150-foot claim on land that already had a job.”
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Lines people will actually say
  • “Our creeks are not the shortcut.”
  • “A 135-foot tower is not a neighbor.”
  • “If the old corridor was enough, put that on paper.”
  • “Do not ask us to sign first and answer later.”
  • “Missouri and Oklahoma are the same fight.”

Hashtag: #LandBeforeLines

If you live here, you are close enough

Neosho to Branson. Miami to Nowata. Same steel.

On the Missouri side, Liberty’s work runs through Ozarks service country toward Branson, Monett, and the state line. Think Newton, Barry, Lawrence, and Stone. On the Oklahoma side, AEP names Washington, Nowata, Craig, and Ottawa.

Neosho / Newton
Open houses already happened here.
Monett / Lawrence
Old corridor, then the turn west.
Branson / Stone
This is where the 345-kV talk starts.
Ottawa / Miami, OK
Families are already on the record.