Energy industry advocates are pressing Hill Republicans to change their calculus on a key priority for both Democrats and renewable energy: transmission.
In recent years, Republicans have largely frowned on policies to boost the big wires needed for energy projects because of transmission’s association with transporting renewable energy from rural generation fields to far away from urban centers.
But now, with the Trump administration’s focus on meeting artificial intelligence energy demand, clean energy and grid advocates are hoping more Republicans come around.
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Republicans might also be more keen to talk about transmission after this year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which dramatically cut off the Democrats’ solar and wind subsidies.
