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It has been nearly impossible to get new transmission built across the US in recent years, thanks to a combination of local opposition from host communities, jurisdictional issues, and the resistance of major utilities, alongside other factors. But with the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (previously known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill) now committed to law, there are fresh hopes that new transmission lines can be built in the US to unlock the truly massive renewable resources that are currently unable to get to market\u2026 resources that are critical to helping the US decarbonize its economy. There are also new techniques for building transmission, and potentially new regulations that can overcome resistance to new lines.<\/p>\n

In this episode, we revisit the topic of transmission and see what needs to happen to get new transmission projects moving in the US. We also ask whether a macro grid based on big transmission lines is still really the cheapest and best solution, or if more distributed solutions might be worth reevaluating in light of updated cost data and some contemporary grid modeling.<\/p>\n

Our guest in this episode is Liza Reed, the research manager for low carbon technology policy at the Niskanen Center in Washington, D.C., an expert in High Voltage Direct Current, electricity transmission, and technology innovation. She shares with us the latest thinking about transmission, and helps us tie together some of the threads we have discussed in previous episodes, to paint a picture of how more transmission can bring hundreds of gigawatts of renewable power to market in the US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What needs to happen to get new transmission projects moving in the US, and how can the provisions of the new infrastructure law help? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[233,268,196,447,1018,80,448,1019,688,232],"class_list":["post-3181","xen_episodes","type-xen_episodes","status-publish","hentry","category-energy-transition-show-podcasts","tag-batteries","tag-ferc","tag-hvdc","tag-iso","tag-macrogrid","tag-microgrids","tag-rto","tag-solutionary-rail","tag-soo-green-renewable-rail","tag-transmission","xen_guests-liza-reed"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n[Episode #161] \u2013 Expanding Transmission | The Energy Transition Show<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What needs to happen to get new transmission projects moving in the US, and how can the provisions of the new infrastructure law help?\" \/>\n<meta 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