Unlocking America’s Energy Potential
The electrified economy of the future is already here, but it doesn’t work without transmission.
We need a cohesive vision for transmission planning and development, as well as rules and policies that prioritize transmission infrastructure now.
The Issue
Keeping Pace with the Changing Energy Landscape
Millions of electric vehicles. Giant data centers. Extreme weather. Historic levels of investment and demand for renewable generation. The U.S. power grid is facing many demands and threats all at once, and our transmission infrastructure needs to evolve quickly.
Unfortunately, the lack of a cohesive transmission policy vision has slowed the rate of investment and new construction, leaving gaps in our nation’s energy resilience and reliability, and calling into question whether we can achieve our long-term energy goals.
We need smart transmission policy that helps us:
- Combat natural and human-made threats
- Meet our carbon reduction goals
- Support new manufacturing and advanced technologies
- Drive the economy’s ongoing electrification
The State of Transmission Today
Recent investments boosted our power grid’s reliability, but even more is needed to prepare for a fully electrified future.
Explore the foundational principles and realities driving today’s energy policy and see where change is urgently needed to keep the electricity flowing.
Permitting & Siting
Pricing (Cost Allocation)
Key Energy Terms
GRID INSIGHTS
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