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Happy Thursday! 🌞 Dive into this insightful article that highlights the importance of prioritizing electric transmission infrastructure in highway ROWs before solar installations. This transformative idea is rooted in common sense and could revolutionize our approach to sustainable energy. Let’s spread the word! Please read and share.

On behalf of Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG), we want to share this excellent report which discusses transmission expansion. This report is designed to inform and guide state policymakers and advocates and how we can collaboratively achieve grid reliability and resilience. Thank you to Randy Satterfield for helping to inform this report with his insight and expertise! Please feel free to share with your network!

NextGen Highways is excited to share the news of the launch of our new Colorado coalition. Together, the coalition, along with NGH and Colorado Electric Transmission Authority (CETA), will work to promote the co-location of utility and telecommunication infrastructure in existing corridors, like highways and interstates. Coalition members view these changes as essential to achieving CO's current and future energy needs. Check out the press release on our website to learn more!

Excited to announce that GPI’s Matt Prorok, our very own in-house transmission policy expert and all-around rockstar, will be representing NextGen Highways tomorrow morning at the 1st Annual Integrated Infrastructure Conference. Matt will present on the benefits of co-location within highway ROWs! The Michigan Transportation Asset Management Council (TAMC), in conjunction with the Michigan Infrastructure Council and the Michigan Water Asset Management Council, will hold the first annual Integrated Infrastructure Conference (Aug 13-14th) where the theme will be Creating a Culture of Asset Management for a Brighter Future. 

NGH is grateful for our partnership with the Conservative Energy Network! Through CEN’s initiative, American Powerhouse, they are advancing the deployment of transmission. Congratulations to CEN on the recent launch of this campaign, which focuses on the national security and energy independence benefits of transmission expansion.

It is important to remind ourselves of what we can achieve when we work together! The success we had in MN recently with the passing of legislation allowing for use of building new transmission in existing highway corridors (ROWs) is a powerful reminder of what we can do when diverse stakeholders come together to create a shared vision.🤝 If you haven't visited our website in a while, check out the new Insights post which highlights how collaboration was the key to this success! 💫

We want to take a moment to thank the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators for becoming NGH's newest National Coalition Member! We look forward to continuing to advance the mission of removing prohibition on Highways ROWs to enable collocating new transmission on interstate highways in all 50 states. 🛣 🔌 Onwards!

Check out this excellent article highlighting in detail what it will take to enable the next phase of building transmission infrastructure across the US and big win MN has already achieved in the work it will take to get there - a fascinating read! Grab your afternoon coffee, kick back and learn all about LRTP Tranche 2 - then, tell all your friends! 😎 🛣 Shout out to Jeff St. John @ Canary Media Inc. for this great read.

As another wild week comes to a close, we'd like to take a moment to especially thank our MN Coalition Members, with a special shoutout to Clean Energy Economy Minnesota and Minnesota Conservative Energy Forum for their incredible support and partnership in playing a leading role in helping get Highway ROW legislation passed in MN! This is a first key win in taking down local barriers to accelerating the #transmission buildout crucial for the US to reach its decarbonization goals.🎊 🏛 🌍

Exciting news! Tomorrow, our Executive Director, Randy Satterfield, will be a featured speaker at the 4th Annual Transmission Infrastructure Conference in New York! On June 6th at 4:00 PM PST, Randy will delve into critical topics such as Siting, Permitting, and Community Engagement. Drawing from decades of experience and deep expertise in transmission, he’ll connect audiences with this vital aspect of energy development. Let us know if you'll be attending and we can get you in touch! https://lnkd.in/dFZcEXYe