Wires Needed For New Energy

Corporate America must participate in transmission planning process to meet clean energy goals says new report

Robin Whitlock, 10 October 2018 (Renewable Energy Magazine)

“…Companies setting ambitious renewable energy targets must help make sure clean energy can get from where it’s generated to /where it’s needed [according to Corporate Renewable Procurement and Transmission Planning: Communicating Demand to RTOs May Yield More Low-Cost Options from the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance and the Wind Solar Alliance. It calls] for large renewable energy customers to participate in the planning process and shape the grid’s future…US transmission planning processes are not accounting for big companies’ large and growing demand for clean, renewable power, which could result in a lack of new infrastructure to supply that demand. The report offers specific solutions and steps that corporate purchasers of energy can take, as well as new data on corporations’ renewable energy procurement to date…” click here for more

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