How FERC Transmission Reform Can End the Delay of a Cleaner Future
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How FERC Transmission Reform Can End the Delay of a Cleaner Future
Mike Jacobs, Senior energy analyst | May 7, 2021, 2:58 pm EDT
Transmission is to electricity what roads and highways are to cars and trucks.
Some local roads (or driveways) are built by private interests to access new real estate development, while most every major highway, bridge or mountain tunnel is built by a regional public agency. The way we plan and pay for our electric transmission follows this logic, until you look at how assumptions about future traffic are dramatically different for the new users, imposing crushing cost burdens on new renewable energy development. The transmission assumptions used for new supplies