transmission

Power towers line a highway in Vallejo, CA.

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

June 10, 2024

Transmission Is Holding up California’s Clean Energy Transition (Part 1 of 3)

Vivian Yang
Western States Energy Analyst

California wildfire with transmission lines

May 23, 2024

Wildfires and Power Grid Failures Continue to Fuel Each Other

Paul Arbaje
Energy Analyst

photo of several large towers supporting electricity transmission lines that stretch high above the camera, with a bright orange sunset in the background

February 13, 2024

Grid Investments are Critical to Our Clean Energy Future

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

Four men work together on the construction of a transmission tower, part of the Bonneville Power Administration in the US Pacific Northwest.

US Department of Energy/Flickr

July 17, 2023

States Can Plan Ahead for Clean Energy

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

SnapwireSnaps/Pixabay

June 26, 2023

Update the Electricity Grid Without Undermining Environmental Protections

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

A burnt down house in the foreground, while two houses in the back were untouched by the Carr Fire in Redding California.

Cecilio Ricardo/US Forest Service

May 16, 2023

Both Utilities and Fossil Fuel Companies Are to Blame for Western Wildfires

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

photo of a series of wind turbines against a blue sky, with a green farm field below

US Department of Energy

April 3, 2023

Illinois Has No Time to Waste in Building Its Carbon-Free Electricity Future

James Gignac
Midwest Senior Policy Manager

in this low-angle photo of a power transmission tower, a blue sky is visible and in the foreground, a white power transmission tower connected to power lines

Jinyang Liu/Unsplash

July 25, 2022

Boosting Michigan’s Energy Future with Regional Transmission Upgrades

James Gignac
Midwest Senior Policy Manager

King County Housing Authority

December 2, 2021

Cutting Carbon Locally

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

Matthew Henry/Unsplash

June 15, 2021

Why Should We Care About MISO’s Long Range Transmission Planning?

James Gignac
Midwest Senior Policy Manager

US Army Corps of Engineers/Flickr

December 14, 2020

Will Congress Let Clean Energy Momentum Stall Out During COVID?

Rob Cowin
Former Contributor

Richard O'Reilly/FEMA

August 16, 2020

Why Did My Power Go Out? Four Ways the Grid Can Fail and Cause an Outage

Mark Specht
Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst

December 8, 2017

New Transmission Projects Will Unleash Midwestern Wind Power—And Save Billions

Sam Gomberg
Senior Analyst

Wind blowing in Plains states, pre-dawn April. Courtesy: hint.fm/wind

January 17, 2017

Rick Perry and the “Texas Approach” to Renewable Energy and Infrastructure

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

August 15, 2014

There Oughtta Be a Law to Fix the Grid—and There Is!

Mike Jacobs
Senior Energy Analyst

July 11, 2012

UCS Files in Support of FERC’s Groundbreaking Transmission Rule

Ellen Vancko
Former contributor