To Aid Renewables, Grid Group Seeks To Boost Use Of New Technologies

A coalition of grid technology companies is urging federal energy regulators to require transmission planners to consider adoption of advanced technologies that would double renewables on the grid even before large-scale transmission gets built and for policymakers to fund adoption of such technologies in infrastructure stimulus spending. The recommendations , released Feb. 24 by the Working for Advanced Transmission Technologies (WATT) Coalition, are already winning congressional support. During a Feb. 24 webinar to release a new report detailing the group’s...