Sourcing the Pieces for the T&D Puzzle

Where will the components we need to maintain, repair, and build out our transmission and distribution systems come from- and will we have enough to keep the lights on and make progress on clean energy deployment? Although a robust and resilient grid is critical for maintaining a thriving energy sector, it has often been taken for granted, and its maintenance and repair has often been deferred. At the same time as the United States returns to a period of substantial demand growth, we are also facing substantial grid replacement and upgrades needs to replace aging infrastructure and harden transmission and distribution against increasingly frequent and severe climate risks. Supply chain constraints have been a choke point for deploying new transmission & distribution, and for repairing or replacing existing systems.

Join this session to explore:

• What is behind these bottlenecks? Supply chain delays, market volatility for raw materials, limited and highly concentrated US supplier capacity, labor availability, limited investment in production capacity, or all of the above?
• What steps are the DOE, utilities and other private sector leaders taking to address these challenges?
• What is it going to take to fully unlock grid supply chains?

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