Biden administration putting $1.5B into four electric power projects — including interconnection for Texas’s isolated grid

The Biden administration is putting $1.5 billion toward four electric power projects, including a connection to the Southeast for Texas’s isolated grid, it announced on Thursday.  The four projects are expected to improve grid reliability and improve energy access, the Energy Department said in a press release.  Collectively, they’re expected to enable 7,100 megawatts of new…