The power lines will aim to supply 3.5 additional gigawatts of energy to the U.S. grid, which equates to powering 3 million homes.

President Joe Biden announced Monday a $1.3 billion federal investment to build three new interstate power lines in an effort to upgrade the United States’ outdated electric grid and transition it to clean energy.

The electric transmission lines will cross through six states: Arizona, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Utah and Vermont.

  • Nougat@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    You don’t even have to click through to the article to read

    … to build three new interstate power lines …

    The $1.3B is not intended to upgrade the entire power grid.