Center for Public Enterprise

This holism is a way of thinking about energy policy that takes an holistic view of the electric grid as both the network of transmission and distribution lines knitted together by substations, but also the sources and sinks of the electrons. To get the decarbonized energy future we desire we need to adopt a Grid…

Future efforts toward permitting reform should focus on the transmission infrastructure buildout that is needed for decarbonization of the electrical grid. A study by Princeton’s Net-Zero Lab finds that 80 percent of the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) emissions reduction benefits would be lost if the growth rate of transmission capacity remains at its recent diminished…