Proposed Legislation Would Speed Up Permitting Process for Transmission Lines
Articles — By forcechange on March 10, 2009 8:16 am
Targeting a major hurdle in the wide scale development of renewable energy, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced a bill last week that would give the federal government the authority to fast-track permits for new transmission lines.
The proposal is contained in the Clean Renewable Energy and Economic Development Act, which would provide the regulatory framework to develop a national grid that is capable of transmitting renewable energy from remote locations such as the Desert Southwest and Great Plains to the country’s population centers, often thousands of miles away. Streamlining the permitting process for new transmission lines will be key if we are to achieve President Obama’s plan to produce 25% of the nation’s electricity from renewable sources by 2025.
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