Recent federal regulations instated a shift to build more long-distance power lines. The Ford School's Catie Hausman has noted some of the benefits that could come of this transition. “We need to integrate more wind and solar, and we need to integrate more sources of demand,” Hausman said. Long-distance transmission can bring cheap power, which might be from a wind farm hundreds of miles away. She added, “More transmission allows grid operators to use the least-cost power plants."
