Transmission Professionals Group
The Transmission Professionals special interest group covers the distribution of power from generation to final destination.
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Biden Administration Makes Visa Tweaks to Retain Foreign STEM Students
It is well known that backlogs exist in interconnecting renewable projects at most grid operators. One of the reasons for that backlog is the lack of qualified interconnection engineers. As my related post indicates, the grid operators are not hiring enough engineers via the H-1B visa program. With these latest tweaks to student visas in the engineering fields, I hope there will be sufficient interconnection engineers and grid architects to plan the future grid.
Biden Administration Makes Visa Tweaks to Retain Foreign STEM Students
The Biden administration is making a series of policy changes aimed at easing the path for foreign students and professionals in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math to remain in the U.S. on a long-term basis.
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