Western Area Power Administration: Difference between revisions

Section 402 of the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]] amended the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/4275|title = H.R.4275 - 98th Congress (1983-1984): Hoover Powerplant Act of 1984|date = 3 May 1984}}</ref> to give WAPA authority to borrow up to $3.25 billion from the U.S. Treasury to pursue transmission projects that promote the delivery of renewable generation into the electric transmission grid.

To implement that authority, WAPA created the Transmission Infrastructure Program (TIP).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wapa.gov/transmission/TIP/Pages/tip.aspx |title=Transmission Infrastructure Program |access-date=2015-08-14 |archive-date=2015-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906053352/https://www.wapa.gov/transmission/TIP/Pages/tip.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> Two projects have been completed under this authority, and several others are in the development process.