Biden-Harris Administration Announces $2 Billion To Upgrade Nearly 1,000 Miles of Transmission, Increase Grid Capacity for Growing Electricity Demand

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Received this from the DOE Grid Deployment Office this morning: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Additional $2 Billion to Protect the Grid Against Growing Threats of Extreme Weather, Expand Transmission | Department of Energy

Washington, D.C. – In support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced nearly $2 billion for 38 projects that will protect the U.S. power grid against growing threats of extreme weather, lower costs for communities, and increase grid capacity to meet load growth stemming from an increase in manufacturing, data centers, and electrification. The selected projects announced today through the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) program will deploy new, innovative transmission and distribution infrastructure and technology upgrades to enable over 7.5 gigawatts (GW) of grid capacity, speed up interconnection for new clean energy projects, support nearly 6,000 good-paying jobs, and catalyze over $4.2 billion in total public and private investment to bring reliable, affordable, clean energy to Americans.

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This is great news for renewable energy developers as well as landowners who will lease a portion of their properties for easements, and it’s of course a win for job creation and the environment. But to temper the enthusiasm a bit, these projects may not be completed for a decade (or more), and they may not be sufficient to meet the country’s rising energy demands driven by data centers, higher temperatures, and population growth.

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