Investment in electric grid infrastructure is critical to economic progress How public dollars can upgrade broadband and the grid at the same time As the country enters a new era, it finds itself behind in the infrastructure that will shape its future: broadband and the electric grid. A lack of investment in the wires and cables we take for granted threatens our economic growth. Fortunately, we can maximize the impact of public dollars through coordinated upgrades of our electric system and broadband infrastructure. Our electric grid is inadequate for increasing amounts of renewable energy and our broadband infrastructure is overcome by the number of us who depend upon it for physical and economic survival.