Grid Upgrades Gain Favor to Meet Power Demands of AI, Clean Tech

June 12, 2024, 9:30 AM UTC

Power grid technologies have gained momentum in Washington and state capitals in recent weeks as a way to connect more renewable energy and meet rising demand without building as many new transmission lines.

US electric utilities and their state regulators have long overlooked grid-enhancing technologies (GETs) in favor of building new power lines, backers of the technologies say.

New lines come with built in incentives as a major capital investment that earns a guaranteed return approved by regulators, and were seen as less risky than experimenting with ...

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