Severin Borenstein on the Importance of Investment in Electric Grids

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July 2023

NBC Bay Area 

Severin Borenstein, Energy Institute Faculty Director sits down with NBC Bay Area to express the value in increasing the production of electricity through greater power grid capacity.

“‘In the longer run, we are going to need to be able to produce more electricity,’ said Severin Borenstein, faculty director at the UC Berkeley Energy Institute. ‘But if we can shift the demand for some of that, particularly charging electric vehicles and heating hot water, we can make that pretty easily.'”