Studies commissioned by Americans for a Clean Energy Grid:
- Transmission Projects Ready to Go: Plugging Into America’s Untapped Renewable Resources, April 2021
- Planning for the Future: FERC’s Opportunity to Spur More Cost-Effective Transmission Infrastructure, January 2021
- Disconnected: The Need for New Generator Interconnection Policy, January 2021
- Macro Grids in the Mainstream: An International Survey of Plans and Progress, November 2020
- Consumer, Employment, and Environmental Benefits of Transmission Expansion in the Eastern U.S., October 2020
- The Net Benefits of Increased Wind Power in PJM, Synapse Energy Economics, July 2013
- The Potential Rate Effects of Wind Energy and Transmission in the Midwest ISO Region, Synapse Energy Economics, February 2012
- Midwest Wind and Transmission: Rate Impacts Analysis, Synapse Energy Economics, February 2012
Useful publications from partner organizations and experts:
- Transmission Makes the Power System Resilient to Extreme Weather, ACORE, July 2021
- Dynamic Line Rating Report to Congress, U.S. Department of Energy, June 2019
- Interconnections Seam Study, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, July 2018
- Transmission Needed to Meet Corporate America’s Growing Demand for Renewable Power, Wind Solar Alliance, January 2018
- How Does Transmission Benefit You? – Identifying and Measuring the Life-Cycle Benefits of Infrastructure Investment, London Economics International for WIRES Group, January 2018
- The Truth About The Need for Electric Transmission Investment: Sixteen Myths Debunked, London Economics International for WIRES Group, September 2017
- Future cost-competitive electricity systems and their impact on US CO2 emissions, published in Nature Climate Change, January 2016
- The Benefits of Electric Transmission: Identifying and Analyzing the Value of Investments, The Brattle Group and WIRES Group, July 2013
- Transmission Technology Series
Useful links to more information on transmission issues:
- Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative (www.eipconline.com)
- Electric Reliability Council of Texas (www.ercot.com)
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (www.ferc.gov)
- Governors’ Wind & Solar Energy Coalition (www.governorswindenergycoalition.org)
- Modernize the Grid (www.modernizethegrid.com)
- North American Electric Reliability Corporation (www.nerc.com)
- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (www.oe.energy.gov)
- Western Electricity Coordinating Council (www.wecc.biz)
- Clean Grid Alliance (cleangridalliance.org)
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