Advanced Transmission Technologies Enable Fast, Affordable Load Growth
Trade Associations Submit Comments to the U.S. Department of Energy and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Washington, D.C., November 21, 2025 – Today, the WATT Coalition and AMP Coalition shared case studies demonstrating the value of Advanced Transmission Technologies to meeting projected load growth and suggested strategies for the federal government to accelerate utility grid modernization.
“Studies and deployments collected in our comments show that Advanced Transmission Technologies could unlock over 100 gigawatts of grid capacity if deployed aggressively in the next three years,” said Julia Selker, Executive Director of the WATT Coalition. “Federal agencies can encourage and facilitate collaboration across utilities and system operators to optimize the grid at a regional scale.”
“America has tools to get more capacity out of our existing grid,” said Zach Zimmerman, Executive Director of the AMP Coalition. “Advanced Transmission Technologies are proven, available, affordable and fast to deploy. Only transmission projects already in development and ATT deployments can unlock meaningful capacity within three years, while longer-lead transmission projects are being built. DOE’s leadership can help get ATTs on the grid to unlock gigawatts of capacity, lower costs, and improve reliability.”
The comments are available online:
Response to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Request for Information: Accelerating Speed to Power/Winning the Artificial Intelligence Race: Federal Action to Rapidly Expand Grid Capacity and Enable Electricity Demand Growth
Response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Interconnection of Large Loads to the Interstate Transmission System
