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Message to Biden: Boost FERC, expand grid Source: By Arianna Skibell, E&E News reporter • Posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Decarbonizing the power sector through construction of long-distance transmission lines can be achieved without congressional action, according to a new report. Chris Hunkeler/Flickr
Policy analysts are urging President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration to use existing authority to expand the nation’s electric grid and to consider boosting the role of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
A study out of Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy and New York University’s Institute for Policy Integrity focused on the need for more long-distance transmission capacity to ship carbon-free solar and wind power across the country.