The American Society of Civil Engineers has released their report “Failure to Act: Electric Infrastructure Investment Gaps in a Rapidly Changing Environment” highlighting the need to upgrade aging transmission and distribution lines. According to the report, the Western part of the U.S. accounts for 33% of the gap while the Northern and Mid-Atlantic regions comprise a total of 43% of the gap due to aging infrastructure. The total gap indicates that the U.S. is facing a $208 billion shortfall by 2029 and a $338 billion shortfall by 2039. The ASCE concludes losing the electricity investment gap would lead to fewer brownouts and blackouts and save U.S. businesses $637 billion. It also would prevent the loss of 540,000 jobs and save the average household $5,800.