"Permitting reform" might be supported by a wide array of interests, but the details highlight major divides among the two political parties in Congress.

The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association urged Congress to streamline permitting of transmission, backing a bill to limit NEPA reviews to two years.

EEI officials are optimistic they can win bipartisan support for siting and permitting legislation in Congress after the failure of Sen. Manchin’s proposal.

Legislation to streamline the permitting of clean energy projects, including new transmission, may require bipartisan tradeoffs, according to one senator.

House members squared off over a set of proposals from the new GOP majority to lessen environmental and other regulatory barriers to domestic energy production.

A political war is looming over the interpretation and implementation of both the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act.

The partisan divide was clearly visible at the House Energy panel's first hearing, but witnesses suggested they might find common ground on permitting “reform.”

Top leaders from Washington, D.C. and energy trade groups gathered in person for the U.S. Energy Association's Annual State of the Energy Industry Forum.

The IRA's EV tax credits sparked a Senate debate as Sen. Joe Manchin pushed for a floor vote on a bill that could delay the credits for some EV buyers.

The two people who had the broadest, deepest impacts on federal energy policy in 2022 were undoubtedly Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Sen. Joe Manchin.