The West can't power its future without more transmission

Nevada and Utah are seeing new manufacturing and tech growth, but the West’s expanding economy is running into a grid bottleneck: transmission capacity. The article argues that the region needs at least 12,600 miles of new or upgraded transmission lines over the next decade to handle expected energy demand growth of about 30%. When projects are delayed, the effects spread across state lines, increasing grid congestion and costs. It also says transmission is often fragmented by state-by-state permitting, slowing buildout. Nevada is backing solar and geothermal and preparing nearly 300 miles of interstate lines for connection.