Biden administration announces more than $2 billion in grants to boost US power grid
grist.org
The grid is overburdened, under-resourced — and vital to the energy transition. New federal funding aims to increase capacity and get more clean energy built.
  • Kit
    160·
    2 months ago

    Tldr “Though the new projects take on a variety of flavors, they are all ultimately chasing after a singular goal: bolstering a power grid that is central to the effort to stop using fossil fuels.”

  • lettruthoutEnglish
    81·
    2 months ago

    And in compensation for the investment, the federal government will get a share of the profits made from that electricity, right?

    • Kit
      130·
      2 months ago

      The compensation is access to electricity. And this project is specifically tied to greener sources of energy.

      • Letstakealook
        10·
        2 months ago

        Like the access rural Americans got from billions of dollars in federal investment in telecoms?

  • skhayfa
    21·
    2 months ago

    Compare this to the 3.5B grant to.bomb Gaza