JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri’s former governor is urging the state Supreme Court to overturn a decision blocking a 780-mile power line that would carry wind energy across the Midwest.

Former Gov. Jay Nixon led arguments Tuesday before the high court on behalf Clean Line Energy Partners.

The Houston-based company wants to build a $2.3 billion transmission line from western Kansas across Missouri and Illinois to connect to a power grid in western Vigo County where a Duke Energy power station is located