To meet the interdependent needs of wildlife and people in a rapidly changing world affected by climate change, our power system must not rely on toxic fossil fuels. Unfortunately, eliminating our reliance on fossil fuels is not as easy as simply building wind and solar facilities. We must ensure renewable energy rapidly reaches everyone in the United States. Transmission infrastructure is the key to ensuring everyone receives the benefits of low-cost renewable energy.
Buildout of an interconnected power grid that provides renewable energy generation to all communities may be the greatest infrastructure accomplishment in the United States, since construction of interstate highways. Energy transmission in the United States necessitates rapid buildout and updating how transmission buildout occurs. Proactively planned infrastructure buildout within and among regions—enabled by flexible tariffs and modernized wholesale market reform—must be informed by:
This new policy platform lays out the National Wildlife Federation’s national policy recommendations to swiftly increase the capacity of the transmission system through operational and restructuring upgrades and the buildout of new transmission infrastructure. Recommendations are structured around several analytical categories based on the stages of the transmission project development process.
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