Why Community Microgrids Are Illegal in Most of the US #350
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Cameron Brooks discusses the legal challenges facing community microgrids in the US and the high costs of burying power lines.
Community microgrids are functionally illegal in most of the United States, yet climate-driven outages are getting worse. Cameron Brooks of Think Microgrid explains why wires laws block resilient grid solutions and what it costs us to keep burying lines instead. Burying power lines costs $4 million per mile in Colorado and up to $9 million per mile in California. That means every 20 to 25 feet of buried line costs as much as it would take to equip a home with a full battery backup system capa...
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