The Department of Energy on Aug. 6, 2024, awarded $2.2 billion to eight transmission projects involving utilities that include Allete, Duke Energy, Eversource, National Grid, Pacific Gas and Electric and Southern California Edison.
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PJM’s inability to get wind, solar, and batteries online will cause utility bills to rise for 65 million customers from the Great Lakes to the mid-Atlantic.
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We are also excited to see Governors Katie Hobbs of Arizona and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico co-author an opinion article addressing the urgent need to upgrade the transmission grid in the West to improve grid reliability and better withstand increasingly extreme heat.
“The West’s electric grid has been neglected for decades, and our families and businesses are paying the price. Particularly with the rising threat of extreme heat, we need a transmission grid that can provide our homes, businesses, and our flourishing manufacturing facilities with the consistent and dependable energy supply they need to thrive.”
This op-ed highlights the importance of regional cooperation and investments in transmission infrastructure and calls for collective state action alongside federal support to ensure reliability, create jobs, and save on energy costs.
Leadership from Governors across the US is crucial in driving these initiatives forward. We look forward to seeing more decision-makers at all levels of government support a strong and reliable transmission grid!
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FERC approved all the jurisdictional ISO/RTO compliance filings with Order 895, which established rules for sharing credit information among the organized markets.
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The rule will not force customers who don’t benefit from new transmission lines to pay for them.
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Join former FERC Commissioner John Norris as he emphasizes the importance of regional grid planning and Order 1920 to Louisiana/MISO South.
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Learn how the new FERC rulemaking creates valuable opportunities for PJM to strengthen its current draft long-term regional transmission planning proposal.
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As a candidate, Governor Maura Healey pledged to achieve 100% clean electricity in Massachusetts by 2030. Such an ambitious target will require not only lots of clean energy generation to be built quickly and a doubling down of energy efficiency measures but will also require that the state support the building of a stronger, more dynamic electric grid. Creating the modern electric grid that Massachusetts needs to achieve its energy goals will require transformative investments on two fronts: the state needs to build new lines to move clean power like offshore wind throughout the Commonwealth, and it also needs to upgrade existing power lines with modern technologies. Nowhere is the more critical than at the transmission level. Advanced Energy United is working with decision-makers in New England to address these challenges with policy solutions.
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Currently, over two million megawatts of generator and storage projects are actively seeking to connect to the U.S. transmission grid. The process to connect these proposed projects to the grid so they can start generating electricity—called “generator interconnection”—is outdated, slow, unpredictable, and sorely in need of reform. The 2024 Advanced Energy United Generator Interconnection Scorecard is the first-ever attempt to evaluate each of the seven regional transmission system operators on their generator interconnection processes.
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Breakthrough Energy explores the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) pending rulemaking, addressing issues of planning, cost allocation, and the integration of advanced technologies. Learn why these changes are vital for enhancing grid reliability, accommodating renewable energy growth, and lowering energy costs.
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