SECRETARY CHU ANNOUNCES EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN U.S. ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION NETWORK
December 18, 2009 - Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today award selections for $60 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support transmission planning for the country’s three interconnection transmission networks. More >

SECRETARY CHU ANNOUNCES $620 MILLION FOR SMART GRID DEMONSTRATION AND ENERGY STORAGE PROJECTS
November 24, 2009 - Secretary Chu announced that the Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems that will help build a smarter, more efficient, more resilient electrical grid.  More >

NINE FEDERAL AGENCIES AGREE TO EXPEDITE PERMITTING OF POWER TRANSMISSION CONSTRUCTION ON FEDERAL LANDS
October 28, 2009 – Obama Administration officials today released a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by nine Federal Departments and Agencies to make it faster and simpler to build transmission lines on Federal lands. The goal of the agreement is to speed approval of new transmission lines, reduce expense and uncertainty in the process, generate cost savings, increase accessibility to renewable energy and jumpstart job creation.  More >

PRESIDENT OBAMA ANNOUNCES $3.4 BILLION INVESTMENT TO SPUR TRANSITION TO SMART ENERGY GRID
October 27, 2009 - President Barack Obama today announced the largest single energy grid modernization investment in U.S. history, funding a broad range of technologies that will spur the nation’s transition to a smarter, stronger, more efficient and reliable electric system.  More >

Secretary Chu Presents Smart Grid Vision and Announces $144 Million in Recovery Act Funding to Transition to the Smart Grid More >

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