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BUILD GREEN Act Charges Forward With Electric Transit. Is It The Right Move?

March 22, 2021March 23, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments alexandria ocasio-cortez, andy levin, AOC, build green act, DC fast charger, decarbonization, decarbonizing transportation, distributed generation, electric buses, electric charging infrastructure, electric vehicles, electrification, electrification of vehicles, electrifying buses, fleet electrification, fleet vehicles, fossil fuels, grid infrastructure, grid modernization, House of Representatives, IOU's, IOUs, michigan, microgrid, modernizing the power grid, power generation, power grid, power grids, public utilities, rashida tlaib, transit, transit electrification, US Congress

Public utilities are apprehensive about vehicle electrification because it’ll require a huge amount of investment in grid infrastructure. A new legislative proposal to electrify transit systems might make this a bit easier by delivering a big economy of scale.