From Massachusetts to Montana, energy infrastructure is needed across our nation

To the editor: We are at different ends of the country, but we are seeing the same energy stressors in our communities. Electricity demand is surging because of housing development, industrial electrification, and electric vehicles. We need to quickly build the generation and transmission infrastructure needed to keep the lights on. Reliable, affordable energy is essential for American households, businesses, manufacturing, and jobs. America’s clean energy divide is widening along regional lines. The West holds vast, untapped potential of low-cost wind and solar but lacks the transmission lines to export it to the places that need it. Meanwhile, the East—starved for clean electrons in order to power our booming industrial hubs—remains choked by regional grid congestion that limits its ability to import cheaper power from the outside. The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA) was recently introduced to Congress.

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