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Americans for a Clean Energy Grid

@CleanEnergyGrid

A broad coalition of business, labor, consumer & environmental groups working to expand and modernize America's grid — for reliability and affordability.
Washington, DC cleanenergygrid.org Joined April 2010
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Americans for a Clean Energy Grid @CleanEnergyGrid
The @nytopinion editorial board on the bipartisan permitting bill: “Congress should pass this bill now.”

Demand is climbing, but a long-distance line can take 5–13 years. @rhodium_group finds the bill would nearly triple high-voltage line construction.

nytimes.com/2026/11/12/opi…
www.nytimes.com Opinion | The First Thing Democrats Should Do to Show They’re Serious on Affordability A party that just won an election on affordability should not pass up a chance to deliver immediately.
Americans for a Clean Energy Grid @CleanEnergyGrid
New @rff modeling of the bipartisan permitting bill:

➡️ ~30% more transmission capacity by 2041
➡️ Lines connecting regions more than double
➡️ $350B+ in power system savings through 2050

The results held in every scenario RFF ran.

🔗 rff.org/publications/i…
www.rff.org Projected Effects of the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act on the Power Sector In this issue brief, we model how aspects of a broad permitting and energy infrastructure package could drive change in the power sector.
Americans for a Clean Energy Grid @CleanEnergyGrid
SunZia was proposed in 2006 and came online this year, now carrying power 550 miles to over a million homes in Arizona and California. @voxdotcom on why it took 20 years, and why, with demand climbing fast, the next lines can’t wait that long.

vox.com/future-perfect…
www.vox.com How the biggest renewable energy project in US history finally got built The SunZia wind farm is a marvel. Why did it take 20 years to build?