Democrats Urged To Bolster Climate Bill On Transmission, Resilience

Environmentalists and clean energy advocates are urging House Democrats to bolster provisions in their broad climate legislation in order to aid clean energy transmission, grid resilience and energy efficiency, characterizing parts of the bill on those issues as good first efforts but not enough to realize broader climate goals. During a March 24 hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s energy subcommittee, the advocates urged lawmakers to boost Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) transmission authority and consideration of transmission...