The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and some 80 entities sent a letter yesterday to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) opposing the Wyden-Corker electric transmission bill and supporting FERC’s efforts to get transmission built. AWEA CEO Denise Bode’s statement on the letter is as follows:
“Transmission is critical to our clean energy future. FERC action is needed to do the hard work that regulators do—deciding the fair share for each market participant to pay for new grid facilities. The status quo—where there’s no policy, nothing gets paid for, and nothing gets built—is untenable.”
