Abstract
The energy grid in the United States is in need of repair. The infrastructure is aging and it is time for the country to invest in new electricity generation and transmission, but the United States is not in this alone. The electricity grid in the United States is connected with Canada’s electricity grid. In fact, Canada has historically exported five to ten percent of all of the electricity it generated to the United States. Much of the electricity imported into the United States was from hydropower, as over 60% of Canada’s electricity is generated from electricity-generating dams. Some states in the Northeast imported this clean energy from Canada specifically to meet renewable energy requirements set forth in the Clean Power Plan (CPP). However, with the CPP stayed by the Supreme Court in 2016 and its future in doubt, a new means of promoting the use of renewable energy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is necessary.
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Ryan Suit,
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Rich. J.L. & Tech
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(2024).
Available at:
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/jolt/vol24/iss2/1