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North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act of 2015

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 2, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Energy

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Mr. McNERNEY. Mr. Chairman, I thank my colleague from North Carolina for yielding and for her work on the Grid Innovation Caucus, which is one example of bipartisan cooperation for the good of the Nation.

I also join my colleague Mrs. Ellmers in offering this bipartisan amendment, which would establish a statement on grid modernization policy. This will establish a clear vision to achieve the future grid.

The grid is the core of our Nation's effort to transition to clean energy sources. That said, our current electric grid has much the same technology that was in place for the last 100 years. We need to improve and upgrade the grid to meet the 21st century demands and the demands of the digital economy.

The future grid must be reliable, secure, resilient, and affordable while integrating a range of resources and devices, including intermittent renewable energy, storage, and electric vehicles.

Having a national grid modernization policy, or vision, will help achieve these objectives while maintaining the secure, safe, reliable, and affordable power for which our Nation is known.

I thank my colleague, who is the cochair of the Grid Innovation Caucus, and I urge a ``yes'' vote on the amendment.

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