New Rules to Overhaul Electric Grids Could Boost Wind and Solar Power NYT: Science Brad Plumer 13 May 2024 at 18:22 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the biggest changes in more than a decade to the way U.S. power lines are planned and funded. ยฉ Renaud Philippe for The New York TimesA transmission line construction project near Bingham, Maine, in 2022.