Event

Improving Electricity Transmission Siting Opportunities to Meet America’s Consumer, Economic, and Clean Energy Climate Goals

Sep 14, 2021 | 10:00 am ET/7:00 am PT

 

Join the Progressive Policy Institute as we convene a virtual event on improving the siting opportunities for electricity transmission lines on September 14 at 10:00 AM ET. The event will generate a discussion focused on timely and critical questions including:

• What scale of the transmission line expansion is needed to fulfill President Biden’s goal of 100% clean energy from the electric sector by 2035?
• How do America’s current planning, siting and permitting federal and state laws and practices interfere with or enable this expansion?
• What are the prospects of addressing this challenge in the infrastructure bill or other legislative vehicles in Congress?
• What is the proper relationship between federal and state governments on electric transmission line planning?

Panelists:

Donnie Colston, Director of Utilities, IBEW
Bob Kump, President of Avangrid
Sue Tierney, energy analyst and author of recent National Academy of Sciences Report
Macky McCleary, Energy Consultant and former State of Rhode Island utility regulator
Bill Parsons, Chief Operating Officer, American Council on Renewable Energy

Moderated By: Paul Bledsoe, Strategic Advisor, PPI

With a SPECIAL MESSAGE from U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (D-CO)!

Register here.