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US moves to link more wind and solar projects to electric grid
US moves to link more wind and solar projects to electric gridBy Valerie Volcovici and Nichola Groom
July 27, 20234:18 PM EDT
WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES, July 27 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Thursday approved proposals to speed up the connection of new power projects to the electric grid, reforms that could ease a growing backlog of requests from wind and solar energy developers.
Long waits for transmission interconnection have hobbled the deployment of big renewable energy projects that the Biden administration wants built to move away from fossil fuels like coal and natural gas and help combat climate change.
Today there is more than 2,000 gigawatts of renewable power waiting to be connected to the grid -- nearly double the amount of current U.S. generation capacity, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Acting (FERC) Chairman Willie Phillips said at a press conference following the unanimous vote.
"This rule is a major first step in our journey to addressing transmission reform," he said.
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July 27, 20234:18 PM EDT
WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES, July 27 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Thursday approved proposals to speed up the connection of new power projects to the electric grid, reforms that could ease a growing backlog of requests from wind and solar energy developers.
Long waits for transmission interconnection have hobbled the deployment of big renewable energy projects that the Biden administration wants built to move away from fossil fuels like coal and natural gas and help combat climate change.
Today there is more than 2,000 gigawatts of renewable power waiting to be connected to the grid -- nearly double the amount of current U.S. generation capacity, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Acting (FERC) Chairman Willie Phillips said at a press conference following the unanimous vote.
"This rule is a major first step in our journey to addressing transmission reform," he said.
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