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“States should be allowed to include programs that help deploy advanced transmission technology in their state energy conservation plans.”
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“The higher-performance wire standard should apply to new FERC-regulated transmission lines and major work on existing FERC-regulated lines, without bringing other power lines under FERC authority.”
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“FERC should favor transmission wires that can carry more electricity, waste less power, and sag less when lines are heavily loaded.”
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“FERC should protect electric customers from unfair costs in shared-savings payments for grid-enhancing technologies, then review the program after seven to ten years and decide whether to keep it, change it, or suspend it.”
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“DOE should run a public online hub about advanced power-line technology that lists federal projects and funding options and shares studies on grid performance, costs, customer rate effects, and where the technology works best.”
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“DOE should help utilities and developers use grid-enhancing technologies by publishing a yearly guide, giving technical help when asked, sharing lessons from past projects, and receiving dedicated funding for that work.”
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“Electric utilities, regional grid planners, and state utility regulators should be able to ask DOE for help using the public hub, finding federal funding, planning for advanced transmission technology, and evaluating its costs and benefits.”
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“DOE and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should not be allowed to use these provisions to force electric utilities to adopt advanced transmission technology.”
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“The federal government should help utilities and developers understand and use technology that can improve the power grid.”
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“Companies should be rewarded when they install technology that helps the power grid carry more electricity and save money.”
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“Developers that pay to install qualifying grid-enhancing technologies on the transmission system should be able to receive 10% to 25% of the savings for three years, but only for new projects expected to save at least four times their full cost.”
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“DOE loans or grants for deploying advanced transmission technology should not count as major federal actions that require a detailed environmental impact statement under NEPA.”
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“FERC should review and update how transmission wires qualify as best available as wire technology, materials, and grid performance improve.”
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“Government should make it easier for states, utilities, and grid operators to use newer grid upgrade tools.”
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“When utilities ask to charge customers for covered transmission projects, FERC should start by treating qualifying high-performance wires as reasonable and non-qualifying wires as unreasonable?”
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“Utilities should get stronger financial incentives to replace older power-line wires with newer ones that can carry more electricity and waste less energy.”
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