Macro Grid Initiative

Exciting transmission news in the Midwest! MISO advanced its second portfolio of Long Range Transmission Planning projects, which would create a 765-kV backbone across the region. The grid operator expects the lines to produce net benefits of $23.1 billion over 20 years and $83.2 billion over 40 years across the Midwest ⚡ Next steps: -MISO committees to review this fall -Board vote expected in mid-December If approved, the projects will come online from 2032 to 2034. "Not only will more transmission help tap new, economic resources, but result in electricity bills that are more reasonable than if we had a balkanized energy grid." -Beth Soholt, Clean Grid Alliance Executive Director More via Utility Dive ⤵ https://lnkd.in/eW-h_Pvn

🎉 Big news for Grid-Enhancing Technologies (GETs) 🎉 GETs are low-cost technologies that can be deployed on the existing electricity system in less than a year, increasing transmission capacity in the near term to help meet demand growth! Deploying GETs and other Advanced Transmission Technologies while continuing to plan, permit, and build regional and interregional transmission lines is critical to ensuring affordable, reliable power to all consumers ⚡

Thank you to Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG) for hosting a tremendous Transmission Champions reception last night at the Library of Congress! A fun evening honoring transmission leaders, including Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chair Willie Phillips. Check out those transmission trophies 😎

📣 Big announcement! We are thrilled that David Rosner, a new Commissioner at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, will give keynote remarks at the 2024 #ACOREGridForum! Hope you can join us Oct. 10 in Arlington to hear from Rosner and other grid experts ⚡ More information here: https://lnkd.in/gbiZiaiZ

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory released a report as part of its forthcoming National Transmission Planning Study, finding that 12 Western transmission projects in advanced stages of permitting would provide significant consumer benefits if constructed by 2030. Among other things, the projects would: ⚡ Reduce electricity generation costs 32% by the end of the decade ⚡ Add 3,000 miles of new transmission, connecting places like WY to southern CA, NV and western AZ ⚡ Help ensure reliable power supply even during emergencies "Because we have developed power flow cases that show how electricity actually moves through the grid for different operating hours under different generation mixes, grid planners in the Western Interconnection can use these study cases in future planning." -Nader Samaan, PNNL chief power systems research engineer and study co-author Read more here ⤵ https://lnkd.in/eiSEMDfV

Interested in learning more about affordable transmission technologies that can help meet growing power demand in the near term? Join us at the ACORE Grid Forum on Oct. 10 in Arlington, VA! ⤵

THE transmission event you won't want to miss: join us for the ACORE Grid Forum Oct. 10 in Arlington, VA!

Join us Oct. 10 in Arlington for a transmission-packed agenda with panels on: ⚡ Leveraging advanced grid technologies to meet growing power demand ⚡ Maximizing the benefits of FERC Order 1920 ⚡ Bolstering National Security through Interregional Transmission ⚡ Interregional Transmission Planning: MISO, PJM and SPP Perspectives Hope to see you there!

"As the planning regions begin the important work of developing their compliance filings, it is critical that we not lose sight of Order 1920's significant benefits – especially for reliability and energy affordability." -Elise Caplan and David Mindham. Check out their full blog below ⤵

Seeking a new #energy career opportunity? The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) is hiring! Join our #transmission team: ⚡ Senior Associate, Public Affairs, MGI ⚡ Senior Manager, Government Affairs, MGI Apply today: https://lnkd.in/gSNzS68T #energyjobs #transmissionjobs #gridreliability