The 800-mile (1,290 km) Grain Belt Express transmission project backed by private company Invenergy would transmit power from Kansas to cities in the Midwest and East. The project could also support President Donald Trump's "energy dominance" policy of maximizing energy output. Invenergy asked Wright to "put this unfounded noise aside and affirm a commitment" to the line. The White House and the Department of Energy did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The project has been in the works for a decade and got the conditional loan guarantee from the Department of Energy's Loan Program Office in November last year.