WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, joined an ENR hearing to discuss critically needed improvements to the grid and unveil his new legislative effort to modernize transmission infrastructure, reduce skyrocketing energy costs, and meet surging electricity demand.
The draft transmission bill - co-led by U.S. Senators Padilla, John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), and Angus King (I-Maine) - would improve how the United States builds next-generation transmission lines while strengthening existing systems to make them more cost-effective, eff...