8 steps to US energy security

If Americans are serious about making energy security a moon shot for this generation, the president and Congress must create an integrated rather than piecemeal approach for meeting this goal.

Here's a plan to consider.

– Steve Yetiv, August 15, 2012

3. Connect and develop a national electric grid

National and state governments, working with utilities and businesses, need to connect America’s three electric grids, so that we can carry renewable power from where it’s produced – concentrated solar energy in the desert Southwest, wind energy in the Great Plains – to where it’s needed in the Northeast, Midwest, and so on. Otherwise, we won’t be able to use our renewable resources effectively.

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