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Podcast: Grid Talk
Episode: Transmission Challenges in a Carbon-Free World
Description: The Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) delivers federal hydropower to more than 40 million Americans every year. In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Mark Gabriel who is the CEO and Administrator for WAPA. Mr. Gabriel explains how market dynamics are pushing the transmission grid to its limits. “We’re adding more and more of the very thing that is pushing us to those limits. I think we’ve got to get a balance of those things.”We’ll also hear what’s holding up dozens of projects to improve our transmission infrastructur...