SunZia Wind and Transmission

And he was a lineman for a very long time.

I think you have, there's a substation on the SunZia transmission line named for him.

So permitting and transmission are quite near and dear to your heart.

Absolutely.

I grew up in a family where energy was kind of what you talked about around the dinner table.

And so I just kind of picked up over time information about generation, about transmission, about distribution.

And then SunZia, when I got to the Congress in the 2008 election, was on my plate for years and years.

And it was the first time I'd ever seen that development process up close and personal.

Let's go.

A massive new energy project called SunZia is now fully up and running in the United States, and it's being called the largest renewable energy project that the country has ever built.

Renewable energy is the energy that comes from natural sources.

So, for example, wind, sunlight or flowing water.

Together, this infrastructure can generate and deliver more electricity than the world famous Hoover Dam.

Infrastructure means the basic physical systems that a country needs to function, like roads, bridges, and power lines, for example.

At full capacity, SunZia should be able to power around 1 million American homes every year.

Capacity here means the maximum amount of electricity that something is able to produce.