Thursday, July 20 (Washington D.C.) — Today, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) re-introduced the Connecting Hard-to-reach Areas with Renewably Generated Energy (CHARGE) Act. Christina Hayes, executive director of Clean Energy Grid Action — a 501(c)(4) arm of Americans for a Clean Energy Grid —...
Wednesday, June 28 (Washington, D.C.) — A new report from Americans for a Clean Energy Grid evaluates and ranks 10 U.S. regions on the strength of their transmission planning and development efforts. Smart, holistic transmission planning is vital to the future security and reliability...
Wednesday, June 14 — Today, Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) and Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) relaunched the bipartisan Grid Innovation Caucus, which seeks to strengthen our nation’s grid security and reliability by educating members on the importance of a strong grid and promoting...
Friday, June 2 (Washington D.C.) — Sen. Martin Heinrich released two bills related to much-needed transmission deployment: the Grid Resiliency Tax Credit Act, which provides a 30% investment tax credit for transmission, and the Facilitating America’s Siting of Transmission and...
Wednesday, May 31 (Washington D.C.) — Americans for a Clean Energy Grid’ Executive Director Christina Hayes released the following statement on the compromise agreement to raise the debt ceiling: “ACEG applauds Congressional leadership and the president for arriving at a...
Americans for a Clean Energy Executive Director Christina Hayes released the following statement on Sen. Tom Carper’s (D-DE) introduction of the Promoting Efficient and Engaged Reviews (PEER) Act as a discussion draft: “There is broad consensus that the U.S. needs to...
Wednesday, May 10 (Washington D.C.) — Today, the Biden administration outlined its vision to expand and modernize the U.S. electric grid, announcing several executive-level actions and legislative priorities that will accelerate transmission permitting. Those actions include...