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The grid's capacity of long-distance transmission lines would need to quintuple over the next decade to handle that big surge in power demand outlined in the U.S. Energy Department's latest state of the grid report.
"The clear message from (Trump) is that it's time to really put a heavier foot on the gas pedal and get things moving," said Larry Gasteiger, executive director of WIRES, a trade association for transmission line companies.
Making that happen would be good news not just for fossil fuel-fired power, but also for hundreds of renewable energy projects - like solar and wind farms - that have struggled for access to the grid.

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