WASHINGTON, May 8 -- Sen. Peter Welch issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, this week delivered remarks at the Washington Electric Coop's (WEC) Annual Meeting, held in Montpelier.
In his remarks, the Senator highlighted his bipartisan bill with Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.), the REWIRE Act (https://www.welch.senate.gov/welch-mccormick-introduce-bipartisan-rewire-act-to-meet-americas-growing-energy-demand/), which would modernize the nation's electric grid and meet America's growing energy demand. The Senators' legislation would incentivize advanced transmission upgrades, strengthen state grid planning, and accelera...