The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) appreciates the opportunity to submit comments on the Department of Energy’s draft National Transmission Needs Study. ACEC is the business association of the engineering industry, representing more than 5,600 member firms across all 50 states that plan, design, and support the construction of the nation’s infrastructure, including a substantial share of the transmission and distribution systems that will be called upon to meet the needs the Study identifies.
ACEC supports the findings of the draft Study and agrees that significant transmission investment will be required to meet future reliability and economic development needs.
