ACORE Comments on DOE Transmission Siting and Economic Development Grants

To: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Grid Deployment Office (GDO)

From: Elise Caplan and Kevin O’Rourke
American Council on Renewable Energy
1150 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 401, Washington, D.C. 20036

ACORE greatly appreciates the opportunity to provide input on the Transmission Siting and Economic Development Grants Program. Accelerating the development of transmission through siting improvements is essential to achieving the full carbon emissions reductions of the Inflation Reduction Act and the associated significant increases in renewable energy development.