Overview

We depend on reliable, affordable electricity to run our economy and power our daily lives. America’s investor-owned electric companies know that our customers are counting on us to deliver this energy safely, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, when and where it’s needed.

Electricity demand is growing at the fastest pace in decades, driven by data centers, new manufacturing activity, and broader electrification across the economy. To meet this demand, we are strengthening and securing the energy grid. We are using a diverse, balanced, and domestic energy mix that helps ensure reliability. And, we are advancing energy innovation while working to keep customer bills as low as possible and to meet the needs of our communities.

We are the energy that powers America, and we will make more than $1.1 trillion in grid investments during the next five years to power economic prosperity.

Our Public Policy Platform

America’s investor-owned electric companies are positioned to lead and to meet the demand arriving now, safely and reliably, while continuing to deliver the energy that powers our economy and our daily lives. Working with the Administration, Congress, and regulators and legislators across the country, we are focused on advancing policies that ensure America is home to the industries, technologies, and jobs of tomorrow, while giving Americans access to opportunities
never before possible.

To ensure that electric companies can deliver the energy future that customers want and expect, it is critical that public policies:

  • Recognize the vital role that electric companies and the energy grid play in powering our nation’s economic growth and prosperity and in supporting national security.
  • Maintain a diverse, domestic, and balanced energy mix that includes natural gas, renewables, and new and existing nuclear to help ensure reliability and energy security.
  • Expand the integration and use of new and existing technologies on the grid.
  • Streamline siting and permitting processes for critical energy infrastructure to support national security and meet rising demand for electricity.
  • Enhance and strengthen grid reliability, security, and resilience to protect against cyber and physical attacks and natural disasters.
  • Bolster supply chains for energy infrastructure and support trade policies and manufacturing efficiencies.
  • Support federal legislative solutions to mitigate the risks associated with wildfires for electric companies and their customers.
  • Establish clear and consistent regulatory frameworks.
  • Ensure federal environmental regulations provide flexibility and support system reliability, customer affordability, and the deployment of new generation resources needed to meet demand growth.

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