Federal leadership is needed to overcome barriers to interstate power transmission for renewable energy, according to a report released Wednesday by the nation’s two largest renewable energy industry associations.
The paper, titled “Green Power Superhighways: Building a Path to America’s
Clean Energy Future,” details current inadequacies of the U.S.
electric transmission infrastructure and calls on Congress to create guidelines for federal agencies to assist the
development of a modern electricity grid.
Published by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), it notes that government policy is the primary barrier to the creation of a modern transmission grid.
The report states that a patchwork of state policies is detrimental to
the creation of an interstate power system.
“Nearly 300,000 MW of wind capacity is held up in the pipeline
due to transmission limitations," AWEA CEO Denise Bode said. "We need a modern electron superhighway to power our
nation’s 21st century economy with clean, renewable energy,”
Link to the report below.
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