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Midwestern and Northeastern states have demonstrated what smart, multistate transmission collaboration looks like — can other states replicate these frameworks?

Join @acore-org.bsky.social Aug. 19 for a solutions-focused webinar to find out ⚡

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A new report from The Brattle Group and Clean Air Taskforce highlights solutions to meet projected electricity demand growth in the coming years, including:

⚡️ Broader adoption of advanced transmission technologies
⚡️ Improved transmission planning processes

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🚨 Join ACORE on April 22 at 1 p.m. ET for a webinar about a new report from The Brattle Group. With demand expected to rise significantly in the coming years, this report showcases how ATTs are an important tool for meeting this load growth.

Register here: acore.swoogo.com/ReducingEner...

🚨 New op-ed by former FERC Chair Neil Chatterjee on transmission & AI:

"An America First AI agenda will require every available transmission technology to pull off. Without an expanded transmission system, the U.S. will cede its leadership in the AI race."
www.utilitydive.com/news/ai-data...

New report release TODAY at 1 ET on options available to Congress to modernize the Tennessee Valley Authority's governance & help the US achieve energy dominance.

Ft. @simonmahan.bsky.social, @maggieshober.bsky.social, @geldof.bsky.social & Myra Sinnott

Register:
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NEWS: the MN PUC approved a key regional Tx line to strengthen the Midwest's electricity backbone:

"Achieving American energy dominance starts with building the transmission grid necessary to connect businesses to the lowest-cost power." [email protected]
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Join SACE Research Director Maggie Shober and other energy experts as they discuss ways Congress can modernize TVA's governance to ensure reliable power for 10 million customers in the Southeast @themacrogrid.bsky.social 🔌💡

🗓 When: Jan. 30
📍Where: virtual
🔗 RSVP: ow.ly/261s50ULnPr

Senate Energy Committee advanced President Trump's nominees to lead the Interior and Energy Departments to the full Senate.

-Doug Burgum (Interior) advanced 18-2 vote
-Chris Wright (Energy) advanced 15-5 vote

Full Senate could vote by end of January
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Building new regional and interregional transmission lines and upgrading existing lines are vital steps toward meeting U.S. energy needs and lowering prices for consumers.

Great to hear Secretary of Energy nominee Chris Wright share this sentiment during his confirmation hearing last week ⤵️

Regional & interregional transmission is critical to ensuring affordable, reliable power.

Energy Sec. nominee Chris Wright on grid improvements:

"In the energy world, the most pressing problem we have is our electricity grid...we need to get serious about building infrastructure and investment."

Sec. of Energy nominee Chris Wright to Sen. Martin Heinrich:

"I'm aligned with you and will seek to find the best ways to improve our transmission grid, including expansion and new lines."

The U.S. must build regional and interregional lines while deploying GETs and HPCs to meet growing demand.

The DOE has finalized $1.5 BILLION in capacity contracts for four major transmission projects 💰

Made possible in part by Grid Deployment Office funding, these projects will bolster the grid’s capacity and reliability across the U.S. ⚡️
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China is the world leader in ultra-high-voltage transmission projects, with enough line miles to wrap around the equator, per China Energy News.

The U.S. grid is falling far behind. We need to build more high-voltage regional and interregional lines ⚡️
www.bbc.com/future/artic...

-AI race is straining the grid
-Inflation has left many Americans struggling to pay bills
-Extreme weather has left millions w/o power

"A common thread among these seemingly disparate challenges is a lack of adequate transmission lines." -
@krorourke.bsky.social
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“Whether it was James Monroe's advocacy for new roads, canals, and bridges; Abraham Lincoln’s leadership enabling transcontinental railways; or the federal highway system championed by Dwight D. Eisenhower, public-private infrastructure partnerships have reliably served as an economic catalyst.”

MISO approved a historic regional #transmission portfolio:

"MISO's process is entirely replicable & grid operators can incorporate their own regional needs into planning process updates required under a recent federal directive." -Ted Thomas, former AR PSC Chair
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