This event honed in on the key decisions facing Congress and the Obama administration as they took up the challenge of rebuilding America’s electricity infrastructure.

Read the Center for American Progress report: “Wired for Progress 2.0: Building a National Clean-Energy Smart Grid.”

By Bracken Hendricks of the Center for American Progress
Read the full report (pdf)
Additional Information Including Maps, Infographic, and a background basic of Building a National Clean-Energy Smart Grid.

A truly national clean-energy smart grid must consist of two distinct components: an interstate transmission “sustainable transmission grid” that will transport clean utility-scale renewable energy long distances to market, and a digital “smart distribution grid” to deliver this electricity efficiently to local consumers. Read more…