A project linking the Texas power grid with those in the Southeast will receive a federal grant of up to $360 million — if it can overcome obstacles that has stalled it for years. The DOE's investment is a drop in the bucket compared with the $2.

The power grid better known as the Texas Interconnection, operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), is famous for being isolated from the other major U.S. grids. But that may soon finally change.

The Biden administration said Thursday it will channel millions of dollars toward building an electricity transmission line that would connect Texas’ isolated power grid with the rest of the country.

The Biden administration announced it would put $1.5 billion toward several projects to improve the national power grid, including one meant to connect Texas’s isolated grid with those in the southeastern power markets for the first time.