Update 6:36 p.m. — KX interviewed a woman who said she saw the power line in smoke and called 911. Update 6:25 p.m. — It doesn’t appear as though a driver hit the power line.

A version of this article appears in print on July 10, 2025, Section A, Page 12 of the New York edition with the headline: 804-Mile Line for Clean Power Meets an Obstacle in Missouri.

The Energy Department said Wednesday it terminated a pending $4.9 billion loan guarantee offered by the Biden administration to one of the nation’s largest power line projects, marking the ...

The power line came crashing down onto a parked van just before 4:15 p.m. “It exploded, the line exploded. Lightning hit the line,” said area resident Ronald Mrozinski.