Smarter Energy Infrastructure Powers America's Homes and Businesses

摘要

In May, EEI and its member companies joined other industries in celebrating National Infrastructure Week, an initiative highlighting why "Infrastructure Matters" for American jobs, economic competitiveness, and security. The electric power industry is America's most capital-intensive industry, and EEI's member companies--the nation's investor-owned electric companies--operate infrastructure of breathtaking scale and complexity. EEI's member companies invested $113.6 billion in 2017, a sixth-straight year of record-high capital expenditures, to build smarter energy infrastructure and to transition to even cleaner generation sources. These investments benefit customers by enhancing electric reliability, reinforcing resiliency, and creating the innovative energy solutions they want. The industry's investments also have a direct economic impact in every state in the form of jobs created and taxes paid. The smarter energy infrastructure that electric companies are developing and deploying is critical to delivering safe, reliable, affordable, and increasingly clean energy and to driving America's innovation and prosperity.