The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded capacity contracts of up to $1.5 billion to four major transmission lines under its Transmission Facilitation Program (TFP) to aid the transfer of 7.1 GW of ...

Growing energy demand means the U.S. will almost certainly have to expand its electricity grid in coming years. What's the best way to do this? A new study by MIT researchers examines legislation ...

U.S. government policies – on trade, re-shoring of industry, taxation and regulation – will be critical to improving electrical grid reliability, the subject of a new study by the National Electrical ...

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March 21 (Reuters) - Offshore wind energy development presents an opportunity to add transmission capacity to the U.S. East Coast's power system that could ensure reliability for electric grid, ...