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The Transmission Bottleneck: Why the Grid's Biggest Problem Is Political, Not Engineering

May 10, 2026

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The Transmission Bottleneck: Why the Grid's Biggest Problem Is Political, Not Engineering

The U.S. needs 5,000–7,000 miles of transmission per year. We're building 1,700. The constraint isn't engineering; it's politics, permitting, and a broken cost-allocation system.

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