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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has decreased its offshore wind permitting times 20% as it gains experience and works to expedite development of the clean energy sector.
Sens. Joe Manchin and John Barrasso introduced long-planned legislation on energy project permitting that would increase FERC’s power to approve new electric transmission.
California regulators are overhauling rules regarding the permitting of transmission projects, and one proposal suggests creating a shortcut for projects already approved in a CAISO transmission plan.
Both FERC Chairman Willie Phillips and Sen. Joe Manchin want to pass policies this year that speed up the roll out of transmission, they said at the NARUC conference.
The Edison Electric Institute’s senior executives briefed Wall Street on the state of the utility industry and some of the policies it supports.
At least 44 California cities now automate permitting for residential rooftop solar projects, following passage of a state law last year requiring them to adopt a permitting platform.
The U.S. must double the number of transmission projects permitted and built each year to meet its clean energy potential, according to the NRDC.
DOE announced $300 million in grants is available to states, local governments and tribes under its Transmission Siting and Economic Development Program.
The Department of Energy proposes a framework for faster, more efficient federal permitting of power transmission proposals.
Congress has been talking about changing permitting laws this year, but it’s still unclear whether the two parties will be able to strike a deal.
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