With Funding from the Investing in America Agenda, DOE Announces $1.5 Billion Transmission Investment to Improve Grid Reliability Across the Country
通过美国投资计划的资助，能源部宣布15亿美元的输电投资，以改善全国电网的可靠性。
New DOE Study Shows Accelerated Expansion Leading to More Than $270 Billion in Savings Through 2050.
能源部最新研究显示，加速扩展输电网络可带来超过2700亿美元的节省，持续到2050年。
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda and work to lower costs for American families, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced two critical actions in its continued efforts to support the expansion of the transmission infrastructure needed to ensure that the nation’s electricity grid is reliable, resilient, and ready to meet customer demands with low-cost clean electricity.
华盛顿特区——为了支持拜登-哈里斯政府的“投资于美国”计划以及降低美国家庭成本的工作，美国能源部（DOE）宣布了两项关键举措，以继续支持扩展输电基础设施，确保国家电网的可靠性、韧性，并能够以低成本清洁电力满足客户需求。
First, DOE announced an investment of $1.5 billion in four transmission projects that will improve grid reliability and resilience, relieve costly transmission congestion, and open access to affordable energy to millions of Americans across the country. Supported by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and administered through DOE’s Grid Deployment Office (GDO), the projects selected today for the Transmission Facilitation Program will enable nearly 1,000 miles of new transmission development and 7,100 MW of new capacity throughout Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, while creating nearly 9,000 good-paying jobs.
首先，能源部宣布将投资15亿美元用于四个输电项目，以提高电网的可靠性和韧性，缓解高成本的输电拥堵，并为全国数百万美国人提供负担得起的能源。这些项目由两党基础设施法案支持，并通过能源部的电网部署办公室（GDO）管理。今天选择的输电促进计划将使得路易斯安那州、缅因州、密西西比州、新墨西哥州、俄克拉荷马州和得克萨斯州开发近1000英里的新输电线路，并新增7100兆瓦的输电能力，同时创造近9000个高薪工作岗位。
DOE also released the final National Transmission Planning (NTP) Study, a set of long-term planning tools and analyses that examine a wide range of potential future scenarios through 2050 to identify pathways to maintain grid reliability, increase resilience, and reduce costs, while meeting local, regional, interregional, and national interests and supporting the changing energy landscape. The study finds that the United States will need to approximately double to triple the 2020 transmission capacity by 2050 in order to meet demand growth and reliability needs, and hundreds of billions of dollars of cost savings can be achieved through substantial transmission expansion and interregional planning.
能源部还发布了最终的《国家输电规划研究》（NTP），该研究提供了一套长期规划工具和分析，旨在通过2050年探讨多种潜在未来场景，识别维持电网可靠性、增强韧性并降低成本的路径，同时满足地方、区域、跨区域和国家的利益，并支持不断变化的能源格局。研究发现，为了满足需求增长和可靠性需求，美国到2050年需要将2020年的输电能力大约增加到两倍甚至三倍。通过大规模的输电扩展和跨区域规划，可以实现数千亿美元的成本节省。
The Biden-Harris Administration has taken aggressive action to support these needed grid expansions, including streamlining the federal permitting process for new transmission projects, supporting upgrades of existing lines, advancing long-term transmission planning, and delivering the largest investment in grid infrastructure in the nation’s history through the Administration’s Investing in America agenda.
拜登-哈里斯政府采取了积极的行动来支持这些必要的电网扩展措施，包括简化新输电项目的联邦审批流程，支持现有线路的升级，推进长期输电规划，并通过政府的“投资于美国”计划提供了美国历史上最大的电网基础设施投资。
“The U.S. transmission network is the backbone of our nation’s electricity system. Though our grid has served U.S. energy needs for more than a century, our country’s needs are changing,” said U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy David Turk. “DOE’s approach to deploying near-term solutions and developing long-term planning tools will ensure our electric grid is more interconnected and resilient than ever before, while also supporting greater electricity demand. The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to bolstering our power grid to improve the everyday life of Americans through affordable power, fewer blackouts, more reliable power, and additional jobs across our country.”
“美国的输电网络是我们国家电力系统的支柱。虽然我们的电网已经为美国的能源需求服务了一个多世纪，但我国的需求正在发生变化，”美国能源部副部长大卫·特克（David Turk）表示。“能源部的做法是部署短期解决方案并开发长期规划工具，这将确保我们的电网比以往更加互联和具有韧性，同时支持更大的电力需求。拜登-哈里斯政府致力于加强我们的电网，通过负担得起的电力、更少的停电、更加可靠的电力以及全国范围内的更多就业机会，改善美国人的日常生活。”
Accelerating Near-Term Transmission Development through Federal Financing Support
通过联邦融资支持加速短期输电开发
To catalyze near-term transmission deployment, today DOE announced an investment of $1.5 billion in four transmission projects through the Transmission Facilitation Program, an innovative revolving fund program that helps overcome the financial hurdles facing transmission development.
为了加速短期输电部署，能源部今天宣布通过输电促进计划投资15亿美元用于四个输电项目。该计划是一个创新的循环基金计划，帮助克服输电开发面临的财务障碍。
