Wednesday, September 20, 2023

WORKER SPOTLIGHT (brought to you by CE4AEF’s Faces of Clean Energy program)

For disaster preparedness month, we’re spotlighting clean energy professionals focused on grid modernization. Rob Gramlich is president of Grid Strategies LLC and is co-founder of Americans for a Clean Energy Grid.

What is the most important thing about transmission or grid decarbonization that people should know? “Everybody cares about reliability and the public safety and health that comes with a reliable power system,” he said at a 2022 CE4A event on grid modernization and resilience. “Transmission is usually what saves the day when one region is short.”

Read more about Rob and our 2022 grid event.

NEW FACTORY ANNOUNCEMENTS (Here are social posts to amplify new factories resulting from the president’s Affordable Clean Energy Plan.)

Nevada: More solar energy jobs coming soon to Las Vegas

• [🖱Click to Tweet] YES! Another 200 #solarenergy jobs are coming to Las Vegas. These new #cleanenergy workers will power America's economy with American-made products for more than $20/hour on average. https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/energy/more-solar-energy-jobs-coming-soon-to-las-vegas-2903019/

• [🖱Click to Tweet] Nextracker plans to hire HUNDREDS of hard-working Americans at the company’s new Las Vegas, Nevada manufacturing line, where pay will average $21/hr. @POTUS' jobs boom continues thanks to the Affordable #CleanEnergy Plan. https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/energy/more-solar-energy-jobs-coming-soon-to-las-vegas-2903019/