White House announces actions to modernize America’s electrical grid ...
May 29, 2024 · The White House on Tuesday announced steps to modernize a major roadblock to the clean energy transformation: America’s aging electrical infrastructure.
US overhauls electric grid to make way for more renewables
WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday approved the first major electric transmission policy update in over a decade that aims to speed up new...
New Rules to Overhaul Electric Grids Could Boost Wind and Solar Power
May 13, 2024. Federal regulators on Monday approved sweeping changes to how America’s electric grids are planned and funded, in a move that supporters hope could spur thousands of miles of...
The U.S. Urgently Needs a Bigger Grid. Here’s a Fast Solution.
Apr 9, 2024 · In many places, upgrading power lines with advanced conductors could nearly double the capacity of existing transmission corridors at less than half the cost of building new lines, researchers...
Why the U.S. Electric Grid Isn’t Ready for the Energy Transition
Jun 12, 2023 · America’s fragmented electric grid, which was largely built to accommodate coal and gas plants, is becoming a major obstacle to efforts to fight climate change.
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Key Actions …
Apr 25, 2024 · The Department of Energy (DOE) is announcing up to $331 million through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for a new transmission line that will be built with union labor – the latest...
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $13 Billion To Modernize …
Nov 18, 2022 · WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden-Harris Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $13 billion in new financing opportunities for the expansion and modernization of the nation’s electric grid.
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $3.5 Billion for Largest …
Oct 18, 2023 · With a focus on remote, hard-to-reach, and historically underinvested communities, the project will improve service reliability, decrease the frequency and duration of power outages, reduce energy bill strain on low-income households, and create more than 140 construction jobs.
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Launches Federal-State ...
May 28, 2024 · Deploying innovative grid technologies to bolster the capacity of our electric grid and more effectively meet current and future demand, maximize benefits of new and existing transmission...
Climate change challenges U.S. electricity infrastructure : NPR
Nov 24, 2021 · The power grid in the U.S. is aging and already struggling to meet current demand. It faces a future with more people — people who drive more electric cars and heat homes with more electric...