Federal Funding Will Support Advanced Transmission Technologies
The U.S. Department of Energy announced the $1.9 billion Speed to Power through Accelerated Reconductoring and other Key Advanced Transmission Technology Upgrades (SPARK) funding opportunity, which will support faster adoption of Grid Enhancing Technologies (GETs) and High Performance Conductors (HPCs).
“The SPARK program’s focus on Advanced Transmission Technologies will address the urgent challenges of energy affordability and load growth,” said Julia Selker, Executive Director of the WATT Coalition. “American utilities have demonstrated that ATTs could unlock gigawatts of grid capacity and save billions in electricity costs if scaled across the country. This funding will help utilities scale up their ambitions and timelines for transmission grid modernization.”
“Advanced Transmission Technologies are the best way to meaningfully increase grid capacity in the next two years,” said Zach Zimmerman, Executive Director of the AMP Coalition. “New, large-scale, high-capacity transmission is also needed to meet long-term load growth, but HPCs are a fast and affordable way to double capacity without new rights of way. HPCs and GETs deliver capacity quickly to keep pace in the AI race.”
See examples of American utilities leading on Advanced Transmission Technologies:
WATT Coalition | https://watt-transmission.org/
