Douglas Healy is an accomplished Missouri attorney who has served as legal counsel for the Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission and advised the chairman of the Missouri Public Service Commission. Healy recently helped secure a legal win upholding the Public Service Commission's decision to grant a certificate of convenience and necessity to the Grain Belt Express Transmission Line, a 750-mile wind energy project connecting Kansas and Missouri.

1. Douglas Healy

2. Introduction
Admitted to the Missouri Bar two decades ago, accomplished attorney Douglas Healy
serves as legal counsel for the Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission.
Attorney Douglas Healy has also previously advised the chairman of the Missouri
Public Service Commission (PSC) and recently secured a legal win upholding a
commission decision.

3. In Missouri, the PSC has the authority to grant large-scale utility projects with a
certificate of convenience and necessity, or CCN. This recognizes the project as
beneficial for the public good. In 2017, the PSC declined to provide a CCN to
Chicago energy company Invenergy for its massive wind project, the Grain Belt
Express Transmission Line.

4. However, in March 2019, the Grain Belt Express was finally approved and issued
a CCN. The decision was appealed by rural landowners through the Missouri
Farm Bureau. In the end, Appellate Court judges upheld the PSC decision.

5. When complete, the Grain Belt Express will extend more than 750 miles to bring
sustainable wind energy from Kansas into homes and businesses in Missouri
and other surrounding states. The transmission line is expected to create many
new jobs in the state and reduce utility costs for millions of consumers.