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Big loads, bigger upgrade bills. The cost of transmission expansion.
Big loads, bigger upgrade bills. The cost of transmission expansion.
Tyler Farrell of RMI joins Tom Heintzman, Vice Chair, Energy & Climate Finance, to discuss how U.S. grid operators are managing large load interconnection requests, including allocating the costs for large interconnections, how this phenomenon is shaping transmission investments, and why system-wide transmission planning is needed to make the wisest investments for the long term.