Paying for the Green Grid

Deck: 

Subsidies might not be the best solution for interconnecting renewables.

Fortnightly Magazine - April 2009
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Concluding that the transmission infrastructure is inadequate, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) call for a national investment likened to the Eisenhower Administration’s commitment to the interstate highway system, to support renewable development. That call is echoed by the Energy Future Coalition (EFC), the Center for American Progress, the Sierra Club and others, who argue for nationally-directed plans for large-scale private-sector investment to connect vast renewable energy resources to the electric grid. By the date of this publication, these concepts likely will have turned into draft legislation.

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