Friday, September 15, 2023 (Washington, D.C.) — Today, Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) and Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA) introduced the Building Integrated Grids with Interregional Energy Supply (BIG WIRES) Act, which would ensure that all parts of the U.S. have the necessary transmission...
Wednesday, September 13 (Washington, D.C.) — A new report by Grid Strategies for Americans for a Clean Energy Grid identifies 36 high-capacity transmission projects that could be ready to break ground in the near term and, if completed, would connect 187 gigawatts of renewable...
Wednesday, July 16 (Washington, D.C.) — ACEG Executive Director Christina Hayes issued the following statement on the appointment of former Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette to lead the Edison Electric Institute (EEI): “ACEG looks forward to continuing our work with EEI under...
Wednesday, August 16 (Washington, D.C.) — ACEG Executive Director Christina Hayes shared the following statement on the one year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act: One of the few things that made the isolation of 2020 bearable was memories of the improbable 2019 Nationals...
Thursday, August 10 (Washington, D.C.) — Today, the Department of Energy released a proposed rule to reform federal transmission permitting under the authority of the Federal Power Act Section 216(h). The proposal would establish DOE as the lead agency to coordinate all federal...
Thursday, July 27 (Washington, D.C.) — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today finalized reforms to its policies on generator interconnection procedures and agreements. ACEG Executive Director Christina Hayes released the following statement: “FERC’s action today will...
Wednesday, July 26 (Washington, D.C.) — ACEG Executive Director Christina Hayes issued the following statement on today’s hearings before both the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, focused on opportunities to reform the permitting of energy infrastructure, and the Senate...