HR98 Summary

• Alabama House of Representatives expresses support for utility investigation and deployment of advanced transmission technologies including high-capacity conductors and compact transmission towers when replacing aged infrastructure.

• Encourages cost-effectiveness evaluation of new transmission technologies to ensure reliable electricity delivery while providing greater capacity, efficiency, reduced line losses, and improved energy transfers.

• Supports consideration of technologies that reduce environmental and visual impacts to communities and overall energy delivery costs, with emphasis on utilizing existing transmission corridors.

• Directs copies of the resolution to Governor Robert Bentley, Lieutenant Governor Kay Ivey, the Alabama Public Service Commission, and the Energy Division of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs.