With the average price of gasoline at about $4.90 a gallon in the Piedmont Triad, some commuters are feeling the pinch.

The U.S. Department of Energy is offering $1.9 billion in funding for transmission upgrades, including replacing conductors, installing better technologies to monitor the grid and transmitting power across regions.

The project is already in the federal government’s pipeline. The big question now is how local governments will fund their part of it.

The draft plan includes strategies to reduce serious injuries and fatalities across the Greensboro urban area.