Lawmakers in at least 17 states have introduced legislation this year to take steps toward implementing new grid-enhancement technologies to provide relief to the nation’s aging electricity transmission infrastructure.
The measures, which vary widely, require studies of grid-enhancing technology implementation and cost-effectiveness; require utilities to include those strategies in official planning documents; and streamline siting and permitting requirements for some implementations, such as upgrading transmission wires, also known as reconductoring.
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