Todd Snitchler and Christina Hayes for Utility Dive
Christina Hayes is executive director of Americans for a Clean Energy Grid. Todd Snitchler is president and CEO of the Electric Power Supply Association.
Politicized energy policies aren’t working, but a better system is possible | Utility Dive
Disagreement over energy policy continues to polarize public and policymakers alike. Pairing partisanship with extraordinary demands on our power grid from load growth and energy evolution is a recipe for catastrophic failure. Instead, the better approach is to identify areas of common ground that will enhance the likelihood of success for the whole system, thus ensure a reliable power grid.
The goal of energy policy must be a reliable, clean and cost-effective power system that serves all Americans, from generation to transmission to distribution. Achieving that outcome will require several things: more generation — and more pipelines — to power the growing economy, and more wires to deliver power from where it is generated to load centers …
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