Officials Eye Suite Of Measures To Bolster Low-Carbon Grid Updates

Federal energy officials are advancing complementary steps to ease the buildout of major electric transmission projects that are crucial to integrating large amounts of renewable energy, including a new revolving loan program in which federal officials hope to prime the market for new grid upgrades. The Energy Department (DOE) in a May 6 notice is seeking input on how it will implement its new Transmission Facilitation Program (TFP), which received $2.5 billion from last year’s bipartisan infrastructure law. “The expansion...