Companies Seek Grid Plans To Account For Ongoing Clean Power Demand

A coalition of businesses seeking to procure clean energy is emphasizing its members’ ongoing demand for significant levels of zero-emissions power, arguing that regional grid officials must account for this demand when planning new transmission projects. The Jan. 30 findings from the Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) contrast with the Trump administration’s emerging policy agenda that hopes to boost traditional fuels like oil and gas, while pausing federal approvals of wind power and otherwise downplaying renewables’ role in the electricity...