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Northeastern States Unveil New Grid Planning Strategy in Attempt to Regain Control Over Energy Future

Inside Climate News · By Aman Azhar · last updated
Taking long-term grid operations in their own hands, nine states have laid out a state-led governance model meant to mitigate planning gridlock.

By Aman Azhar

Maryland and eight other Northeastern states last month released a first-of-its-kind transmission action plan. Experts view it as a direct response to years of frustration with regional grid operators over stalled clean energy projects and surging electricity costs that states say undercut their climate mandates and reflect the outsized influence of private utility interests.

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