In 2013, the US added 4,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines. Today, we're building a few hundred miles per year.
It's hard to overstate how important the electric grid is to our economy and society. But we're not investing in it. And when we are, we're doing so in scattershot, inefficient ways.
This underinvestment and poor planning is one of the primary reasons electricity prices are rising so quickly.
@JaneAFlegal has been doing some interesting work on what it would take to actually invest in the grid. Her work is unorthodox and original.
For those interested in wonking out on grid policy, her latest essay "The Grid as Platform Infrastructure" is worth a read.
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