US wind industry warns of soaring grid connection costs

James S Murray
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Industry lodges official complaint over proposed changes to transmission funding regime

The US wind energy industry has lodged an official complaint with regulators, warning that proposed changes to grid policy in the Midwest could slow the sector's rapid expansion. The American Wind...

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