The Future Grid - Ameren Transmission’s Take

The push for clean energy in the United States means there is a massive need for increased transmission capacity as more renewable energy is generated. In this episode of Grid Talk, we talk with Shawn Schukar who is the Chairman and President of Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois. “We have increased the investment in our grid by nine to ten times what we were making 10 years ago,” said Schukar. According Schukar, that’s just the beginning of what is needed to ensure reliability for a sys...

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Award winning energy journalist Marty Rosenberg shares insights from electric industry experts on emerging technology and trends for powering our lives. We highlight how the electrical grid is changing faster and more dramatically than ever. Grid Talk is part of the Voices of Experience Initiative sponsored by the DOE Office of Electricity’s Advanced Grid Research division.