Landowner Updates
Invenergy recognizes the importance of building respectful relationships with landowners as our primary partners in the Cimarron Link project. We have developed strong relationships with over 12,000 landowners – the majority of whom are farmers and ranchers – across our over 200 developed projects by working with them in the most transparent, flexible, and collaborative methods possible.
Cimarron Link will create tens of millions of dollars in additional compensation for landowners throughout the project area through easement agreements. These landowners will benefit from these payments while retaining ownership of their land and still utilizing it for grazing livestock and raising crops.
Invenergy is committed to communicating with each individual landowner to gain insight into how we can work together to best meet the needs they have for their family and their property.
Landowner Outreach Contact
Invenergy has hired Contract Land Staff, LLC (“CLS”) to conduct landowner outreach for the Cimarron Link transmission project. CLS representatives will be seeking routing input from landowners, and ultimately discussing an easement agreement, which is typical in linear infrastructure like electric lines and pipelines.
These easement agreements will offer landowners compensation at a premium to market value of the acreage in the easement area. With easement agreements, landowners retain ownership of their land and continue to farm, graze, hunt, and otherwise use their land, with certain limitations to ensure safe and reliable operations of the transmission line.
Frequently Asked Questions for Landowners
Cimarron Link is seeking to negotiate easement agreements individually with landowners, with compensation offers based on a premium to the fair market value of the land within the easement area. These easement agreements will compensate landowners for certain surface rights over a specific portion of the property. Landowners will retain ownership and continued use of the land, with certain limitations for the safe operation of the line, as is common for linear infrastructure projects like electric lines and pipelines. Landowners will also be made whole for any damages and lost productivity resulting from the survey, construction, repair, maintenance, and inspection activities. Please refer to the Landowner Protocol for more details.
Cimarron Link requires its representatives to follow a Code of Conduct, which requires all project representatives to treat every landowner with consideration and respect.
Cimarron Link is in the preliminary design and engineering phase, and while the final structure types are not yet determined, we expect to use lattice towers based primarily on the stability they provide.
The typical easement width is likely to be approximately 150 feet but will be no greater than 225 feet.
Yes, land in easement still belongs to landowners and may still be utilized for farming, cattle grazing, hunting and other activities. There may be certain limitations on use to ensure safety and reliable operations of the line, including limitations on structures being built under or near the line.
Invenergy has hired Contract Land Staff (CLS) to provide land negotiation services for Cimarron Link and to serve as primary points of contact for landowners. Your designated CLS land representative will be reaching out to you directly if they’ve not done so already and can answer questions about the project and easement agreement terms. If you’ve not yet been contacted by a CLS representative, you can contact us with questions at at 580-375-3038 or by emailing us.
