Two GOP Governors supporting interregional transmission!

“So I’m visiting my land in Arkansas mid 2010s and I hear about this transmission line project being built by some Skelly guy…”

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the vibes are electric

I’m speaking at #NCES2024 next week in Houston, TX. Don’t miss my panel discussion, “Unlocking the Full Potential of Transmission Reform” on Tuesday, August 20. Join me and register here: bit.ly/3yrO3Nr Conservative Energy Network (CEN)

A bizarre state appeals court ruling this week that stalled a $7 bln transmission line is a great illustration of the need for permitting reform. Grain Belt Express is an 800-mile line bringing wind power from Kansas to Midwest. The project is necessary to meet growing load with

Happy Friday

Always great to see Jesse D. Jenkins updated modeling on the progress to net zero. Check it out! Of course, we need to at least double the rate of transmission deployment to be on a path towards net zero. Not directly modeled this update but hopeful there is more to share soon!

Liza B Reed Addison Killean Stark As a former Grand Champion Cat Showman, I can attest county fairs are a beautiful thing. I hope you get a lemon shake-up, a funnel cake, and a turkey leg. Shout out to Iowa (and this hurts me) for the best state fair in the country.

The Big Lines are calling They’re shouting from the distance “There’s no transition with transmission” They yearn to for permits

Very few people have done more for climate action than Holly Jean Buck. She is an expert — an actual trained expert — in public engagement, which is not the same thing as “comms,” as social scientists will know. She also wrote a book called *Ending Fossil Fuels.*

nice little weekend trip.. some of the highlights

A reminder during today's and tomorrow's regional grid alerts. The grid can be bigger than the weather if we build more interregional transmission. The pink spots are relatively small, and they will move from one day to the next. Power can be shared from non-pink to pink areas.

NERC has released an update to its Interregional Transfer Capability Study (ITCS), which was mandated by the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. Fun fact: transfer capacity from Canada to the US is over 10x from the Eastern to Western Interconnection… what else can y’all find?

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