24 Nov
November 24, 2025 (Washington, D.C.) — Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG) filed comments in response to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Accelerating Speed to Power Request for Information, urging the Administration to prioritize large-scale, high-capacity interregional transmission as the backbone of America’s data-center, manufacturing, and AI-driven economic growth.
In its filing, ACEG emphasizes that achieving U.S. leadership in AI and advanced manufacturing will require transmission expansion at a scale and speed far greater than today’s slow, fragmented processes allow. ACEG’s comments outline practical federal actions to cut timelines, reduce costs, and unlock the interregional capacity needed to support both surging load growth and national energy affordability.
“Data centers and advanced manufacturing are coming online faster than the grid can keep up,” said Christina Hayes, Executive Director of ACEG. “The U.S. can meet this moment, but only if we treat transmission as the strategic national infrastructure it is. That needs to be a part of any ongoing AI policy discussion. ”
ACEG’s Speed to Power filing outlines a focused federal strategy to accelerate interregional transmission and keep pace with fast-rising electricity demand. Core recommendations include:
- Target high-impact interregional corridors – Prioritize transmission expansion at seams between regions and interconnections, where added transfer capability delivers the largest reliability and affordability gains.
- Scale and sharpen the Transmission Facilitation Program – Expand TFP financing to close capital gaps for large lines and pair it with prioritized DOE’s Coordinated Interagency Transmission Authorizations and Permits (CITAP) permitting to shorten project timelines and reduce cost of capital.
- Modernize siting and permitting – Advance a federal siting framework for certain high-capacity interstate lines (modeled on the Natural Gas Act) to align permitting with the grid’s interstate nature.
- Resolve structural barriers limiting grid buildout – Enact a transmission investment tax credit, address transformer and conductor supply-chain constraints, establish wildfire liability caps, and expand federal permitting staff to support large-scale infrastructure deployment.
Read the full comment here.
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About Americans for a Clean Energy Grid:
Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG) is a non-profit, broad-based public interest advocacy coalition focused on the need to expand, integrate, and modernize the North American high-capacity grid. ACEG brings together a diverse coalition — including business, labor, consumer, environmental groups, and other transmission supporters — to advocate for policies that recognize the benefits of a robust transmission grid.
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