A new Salata Institute-Roosevelt Project study has been released that examines the regulatory, political, and social factors that shape long-distance transmission development and offers five core findings. A significant expansion of long-distance transmission capacity is needed to connect remote wind and solar resources to major urban and industrial users and represents an important part of the solution to meeting major electrification demands of the new economy.
Download the full case study here: https://ceepr.mit.edu/case-studies/electric-grid/