The bill could help the United States reach Biden’s goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. To meet that target, energy experts say, the country needs to build more transmission lines to deliver clean electricity from far-flung wind and solar farms to urban centers.Republicans made the initial push for permitting to be included in the debt ceiling bill, with the goal of including a permitting proposal from Rep. Garret Graves , a.
Nor would the measure make more sweeping changes sought by some liberal Democrats, who have proposed giving the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission more authority over interstate transmission lines. Many Republicans have objected to that proposal, saying it would trample on states’ rights. “A lot of Democrats think if there’s any deal around permitting reform, transmission has got to be part of it,” Peters told reporters Thursday.“So this was just a suggestion we made as one way to deal with transmission,” he added. “It doesn’t answer all of the transmission questions.”
Peters, a moderate Democrat from fire-prone California, has partnered with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on separate legislation aimed at accelerating the permitting process for fire-prevention activities andThe White House unveiled its own