Source: Niskanen Center
by Elliot Lo
“The Department of Energy’s Speed to Power Initiative addressing large-scale transmission and generation projects represents an important step toward ensuring affordable and reliable power, both focus points of the Trump administration’s national energy emergency declaration. The need is significant: In 2022, Grid Strategies estimated that insufficient capacity to deliver the lowest-cost generation cost consumers $20.8 billion. Increased ‘reconductoring’ of aging powerlines stands out as a highly promising tool to remedy this issue quickly.” [editor’s note: The solution to the problems of long-distance transmission via “grids” is to abandon “grids” in favor of local and decentralized power generation. Anything else is just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic – TLK] (03/24/26)
https://www.niskanencenter.org/transmission-is-the-problem-reconductoring-is-part-of-the-solution