Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rewrite transmission rules, signaling a new front in the war over permitting reform.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rewrite transmission rules, signaling a new front in the war over permitting reform.

It’s worth noting that the ask-for-email-wall will accept any plausible random email address.

Page one of Schumer's letter

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  • rallatsc@slrpnk.netEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Second, power lines face an especially onerous permitting process. A new transmission project must generally seek approval from every city, county, and state that it passes through. A new natural-gas pipeline, by comparison, only needs to be approved by FERC.

    Ridiculous. Should be the other way around if anything.