grid-enhancing technologies
The New Mexico Legislature passed a handful of energy-related bills, including one that would boost advanced grid technologies, which are seen as a way to make the grid more efficient and potentially reduce the need to build new transmission lines.
The Utility Transparency and Accountability Act was one of the dozens of bills the Maryland House of Delegates sent it to the Senate as part of the legislature’s “crossover day.”
Hrkman got a respectful, if not enthusiastic reception from state energy officials at the NASEO conference, many of whom are waiting to see if they will receive the billions in IRA and IIJA dollars they were awarded for a range of clean projects.
The Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project is a proposed 67-mile, 500-kV transmission line that could be vital to grid reliability in the state but has already sparked opposition.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced almost $2 billion in new funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act aimed at improving grid reliability and resilience.
Want more? Advanced Search