Reinventing the Right of Way: Policy, Technical, and Economic Implications of Siting Transmission Lines Along Transportation Corridors. A Workshop

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Reinventing the Right of Way: Proceedings Release

August 21, 2025

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)

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Siting electric transmission lines along transportation corridors presents technical, policy, and economic challenges and also significant potential benefits for the public, the electric system, and transportation. Read about the outcomes and perspectives gathered from the workshop held in April HERE. Then, join the National Academies for a virtual webinar on for a Publishing Release webinar on August 21 at 2:00 pm where opportunities, benefits, and barriers for the use of highway and rail rights of way for electrical transmission learned from the meeting will be discussed.
The workshop brought together key decisionmakers in the planning, operation, ownership, use, and regulation of transmission projects and transportation rights-of-way to discuss ways to support the development of these projects. Speakers at the proceedings release event will discuss next steps for state-level policies and incentives, cooperation models, and cross sector engagement.

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Alex Temple

atemple@nas.edu

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It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

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Reinventing the Right of Way: Policy, Technical, and Economic Implications of Siting Transmission Lines Along Transportation Corridors. A Workshop Planning Meeting #3

December 5, 2024

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (ET)

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Contact

Alex Temple

atemple@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting Closed

Reinventing the Right of Way: Policy, Technical, and Economic Implications of Siting Transmission Lines Along Transportation Corridors. A Workshop Planning Meeting #2

November 22, 2024

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (ET)

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Contact

Alex Temple

atemple@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting Closed

Reinventing the Right of Way: Policy, Technical, and Economic Implications of Siting Transmission Lines Along Transportation Corridors. A Workshop Planning Meeting #1

November 4, 2024

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)

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About

Sponsor briefed the planning committee with their thoughts on needs for the workshop. Committee held bias & conflict discussion and began to discuss project goals.

Contact

Alex Temple

atemple@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

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