Plenty is said about the need for more and more diverse sources of electrical energy and about the ever-growing worldwide demand for electricity. However, the critical link between generation and use that is too often overlooked by policymakers is the transmission and distribution network that brings power to the customer.
NEMA members provide the entire range of power transmission and distribution equipment–the connecting tissue between electricity generation and usage.
The development of electrical transmission and distribution infrastructure, or the electrical grid, was one of the most remarkable achievements of the past one hundred years. However, as greater demands are being placed on the grid and with energy efficiency and security growing concerns, major new investments in the grid are needed to make it more reliable, more efficient, and smarter.
One impediment to such improvement is the arduous process of siting transmission lines. A complex web of local, state, and federal regulations make it supremely difficult to gain approval for a transmission line, even one that is absolutely essential to grid reliability or to the development of renewable energy. In fact, most proposed lines are never built.
NEMA works closely with the Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability to ensure a robust U.S. transmission grid for the 21st century through development of new technologies that improve reliability, energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the grid.
NEMA supports efforts at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to incorporate new technologies into the grid and to facilitate the development of much-needed transmission infrastructure.
Publications and Documents
Useful Links
3,954k)
32k)
Facebook 
Blog 
Podcasts
Twitter 
YouTube
LinkedInCopyright © 2012 NEMA. All rights reserved.