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Open-Source Geospatial Assessment of Electricity Transmission Infrastructure

Evan Alexander Peters*, Edward Oughton, Dennies Bor, Noah Rivera

College of Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA

*Corresponding author: Evan A. Peters (e-mail: epeter24@gmu.edu)

Address: College of Science, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA

As presented at AGU24’

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