Chase Woodruff

(Colorado Newsline) Rising electricity demand driven by power-hungry data centers was top of mind as policymakers, advocates and researchers gathered in Denver on Tuesday to begin a conference on how the Western U.S. can strengthen and modernize its regional grid.

“Energy from all sources needs to be moved,” Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said in remarks that opened the two-day policy workshop on energy transmission hosted by the Western Governors’ Association at the Thompson Hotel. “We want a lower-cost grid, we want a more resilient and reliable grid, and transmission is absolutely critical to achieve that.”

The workshop is the second in a series of events in the WGA’s “ Energy Superabundance ” initiative, spearheaded by Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, who was named chair of the as

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