Understanding the transmission bottleneck

What this episode covers

Rob Gramlich, founder and president of Grid Strategies, explains that the U.S. transmission bottleneck is defined by three challenges: congestion, interconnection, and buildout. He details how congestion costs have doubled recently and interconnection queues have ballooned to over four years, driven by a flawed generator-by-generator study process. Gramlich argues that proactive planning, as seen in Texas's CREZ and MISO's MVPs, combined with reforming permitting and payment structures, can unclog the grid and enable the energy transition.