All signs point towards permitting reform…

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In ME: Energy Chair Sen. Mike Lee gave his most detailed glimpse yet into his permitting priorities focused on easing NEPA reviews/restraining legal challenges against projects. He also called Manchin/Barrasso effort a “foundational building block" in remarks at National Center for Energy Analytics

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Scooplet: a group of Dem and GOP governors led by Governor Josh Shapiro and Governor Kevin Stitt are sending a letter to key House and Senate committee leaders laying out detailed priorities for Congress to act on permitting reform, including NÈPA, transmission, Clean Water Act changes

Bipartisan momentum is building for permitting reform. Bipartisan Governors group. Bipartisan SPEED act in House. Bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus Framework. Bipartisan EPRA as foundation for ENR committee. Bipartisan talks between Capito and Whitehouse on EPW. We Can Do This!

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Big day for permitting reform tomorrow as bipartisan SPEED Act gets a markup in the House Natural Resources Committee. What’s in the bill? Read our explainer on what’s in the new updated text. bipartisanpolicy.org/issue-brief/wh…

Interesting, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), chair of Energy Committee, tells Burgess Everett at Semafor permitting event that permit "certainty is a good thing and something we need to try to include" as part of a reform bill

Lee also says a permitting bill should "make it easier to permit transmission", along with oil and gas infrastructure

As energy demand and electricity prices have continued to increase, so has bipartisan interest in tackling America’s broken energy infrastructure permitting system. A more efficient system would strengthen reliability, reduce costs, and lower emissions. Our Goldilocks Zone for

“If you can get through the process, if you can get the permits, if you pass all the environmental requirements, you shouldn't have to look in the rear view mirror,” Sen. Capito told me. “We're going to talk about that. It obviously will be a big debate on our side too”

“This is not the first administration that has halted energy projects, and it is time for everyone to put their swords down and work towards comprehensive reform that will be durable no matter the swings in the political cycle,” American Petroleum Institute's Sommers told me