$609 million will improve grid reliability and resilience in state

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, announced Louisiana will benefit from a $609 million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) investment to improve grid reliability and resilience from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

Southern Spirit will receive $360 million for the construction of a new 320-mile, bidirectional transmission line to allow sharing between grids in Texas and Mississippi. Louisian…