Winter Storm Fern highlighted need for expanded interregional transmission, Senate hears

“Travis Fisher, director of energy and environmental policy studies at the libertarian Cato Institute think tank, told lawmakers that Congress should enact a policy known as Consumer Regulated Electricity, or CRE, to allow off-grid electric utilities to serve new customers under voluntary contracts.

Those utilities would not be subject to economic regulation at the state or federal level because they do not connect to existing systems or pose a risk to existing customers, he said.

The approach “would enable speed to power for the customers who value it most while not burdening the existing grid,” Fisher said.”

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