A lack of adequate, modern transmission capacity is routinely cited as a major barrier to utility-scale renewable energy development.
Nancy Sutley, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, put the focus on transmission in the context of Obama’s broader jobs push through the American Jobs Act.
“[The President] is committed to cutting red tape and making immediate investments to put people to work modernising our roads, bridges, airports, and energy systems,” Sutley says.
“Building
