U.S. Energy secretary visits Lehigh Valley to tout almost $2B for aging power grid
The Energy Department will back 31 projects in 26 states to add more than 23 gigawatts — enough to power 16 million homes — to the stressed U.S. grid.
ALLENTOWN | The Energy Department announced on Thursday that it will spend almost $2 billion to try to squeeze more electricity out of the nation’s aging and stressed power grid, as President Donald Trump’s administration steps up efforts to avoid blackouts amid skyrocketing energy demand spurred by artificial intelligence.