MO HB2169

Prohibits corporations from using eminent domain to condemn property for constructing wind energy facilities (turbines, towers, panels) or solar energy facilities that generate electricity

Preserves eminent domain authority for collection lines, distribution lines, transmission lines, substations, switchyards, and other infrastructure needed to connect wind and solar facilities to the electrical grid

Amends Section 523.010, RSMo, which governs eminent domain procedures for roads, railroads, utilities, and pipeline corporations in Missouri

Maintains existing restrictions on merchant transmission lines with FERC negotiated rate authority unless a substation in Missouri can deliver proportionate electrical capacity to state customers