The Morris Community High School District 101 Board approved a preliminary agreement with Rock Island Clean Line to go into effect if its transmission line project comes through.

Clean Line Energy Partners is planning to install part of its transmission line in Grundy County to deliver wind energy from areas of the Midwest to the East. The company is looking to bring its Rock Island Clean Line to deliver 3,500 megawatts of renewable energy to communities that do not have easy access to wind energy.

In October, it submitted a new application with the Illinois Commerce Commission for both public utility status and for approval to construct the line on its chosen route. Grundy County will be the end of this line, where the energy is converted into usable voltage and run through the old Collins substation to move the power east. The project also includes the construction of a $250 million converter station.