The State Climate Policy Network Transmission Series
After years of ambitious campaigns to set climate and clean energy targets at local, state, and national levels, it’s become clear that our country’s current power grid cannot keep up. Integrating new renewable energy sources, as well as meeting rising energy demand and ensuring affordable electricity service, requires a massive expansion of the quantity and quality of transmission lines across the nation — by some estimates, we need to more than double our existing transmission capacity.
Transmission reform requires coordination between federal, regional, state, and local governments, as well as partnerships between traditional transmission actors and the larger climate movement. To meet this challenge, the State Climate Policy Network is hosting a series of transmission-focused events, including introductory webinars on the basics of transmission, expert panels diving into various specific aspects of climate-aligned transmission reform, discussion-based forums on transmission developments across the country, and opportunities to connect with transmission experts and advocates.
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Webinar Recap: Power to the People — How Transmission Reform Can Improve Renewable Capacity and Affordability
As clean energy sources are increasingly added to the grid and energy demand rises, the transmission systems that carry electricity from where it’s generated to where it’s used must be transformed. A modernized and expanded grid not only ensures we...
Webinar Recap: Overcoming Barriers to the Clean Energy Transition
After years of ambitious campaigns to set clean energy targets and pass enabling policies across the country, the focus is now expanding to how and when these much-needed investments will take place. Transforming the power grid can be slow and...
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