Earlier this month, EEI was proud to support the United for Infrastructure 2022: Lead with Infrastructure campaign. Over the past decade, United for Infrastructure has highlighted the importance of investing in resilient, modern, and equitable infrastructure.

Electric transmission is the backbone of the nation’s energy grid and will play an important role in facilitating the continued transition to a resilient clean energy future. EEI’s member companies are vital to transmission development and have invested in cost-effective transmission for more than 100 years.

In 2021, EEI’s member companies spent $143.3 billion to make the energy grid stronger, smarter, cleaner, more dynamic, and more secure. Approximately $27.8 billion of those investments were dedicated to transmission infrastructure.

“We must be able to rely on a flexible and robust transmission system that can provide options for its operators,” EEI Executive Vice President of the Business Operations Group and Regulatory Affairs Phil Moeller writes in Electric Perspectives. “And, as customers’ needs change, flows of energy shift, and public policies all evolve over many years, we must have sufficient transmission capacity to allow these changes without disruption.” Read more.

Learn more about the importance of investing in transmission infrastructure by listening to our most recent Electric Perspectives Podcast episode, “Leading Infrastructure Development,” and read EEI’s latest transmission report, “Planning and Developing Electric Transmission Projects: The Path to the Grid of the Future.” Follow the conversation on social media using the hashtag #LeadWithInfrastructure.