With power-hungry parts of the US economy poised to grow, policymakers need to take a hard look at how the power grid can be built to be bigger than the weather.
The grants will help construct an inter-regional 800 MW transmission line, increase grid capacity by about 5,500 MW, and reveal more than 6 GW of solar in TVA's interconnection...
A key focus of the research was to determine which facilities are most vulnerable and which have the potential to cause widespread disruptions if compromised.