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What Biden's Infrastructure Plan Means For Renewable Energy

The president's proposal sets out new mandates for renewable energy and calls for an overhaul of the electric grid.
Wind turbines spin to generate electricity power above solar panels in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Feb. 17, 2021. (Ted Shaffrey/AP)

One major component of President Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure proposal is a promise to clean up the country’s electricity system.

To do that, the American Jobs Plan sets out new mandates for renewable energy and calls for an overhaul of the electric grid to make it more resilient to climate disasters.

Leah Stokes, assistant professor of political science at the University of

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