Infrastructure

Wildfires are a growing challenge for communities, economies, and infrastructure across the United States. As fire seasons lengthen and fires become more intense and costly, utilities face increasing pressure to reduce ignition risk while maintaining reliability.  Advanced grid technologies offer a practical pathway to address these risks, reducing ignition risk, limiting damage, and improving response. Moreover, targeted policy actions—including reducing permitting delays, strengthening coordination, and maintaining federal financing tools—can help accelerate […]

The U.S. grid is widely considered a massive engineering achievement—and it’s how our country enjoys reliable, abundant and affordable electricity. In fact, the grid successfully balances supply and demand in real time and manages disruptions without having customers see interruption. Our electricity is incredibly reliable—with power available to consumers almost 99.95% of the time.i As our nation sees electricity needs grow, the grid will need reinvestment to ensure we continue to […]

To highlight the importance of America’s existing grid technology and the necessary updates to keep up with demand, CRES Academy’s first session of 2026 brought together dozens of staffers and industry leaders to discuss the need to build and expand America’s energy capacity. With CRES Forum’s Director of Government Affairs Tommy Reynolds providing opening remarks, […]