Energy Dept. Aims to Speed Up Permits for Power Lines
Energy Dept. Aims to Speed Up Permits for Power Lines
Apr 25, 2024 by NYT > Climate and Environment
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- Climate|Energy Dept. Aims to Speed Up Permits for Power Lines https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/climate/energy-dept-speed-transmission.html Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT The Biden administration has expressed growing alarm that efforts to fight climate change could falter unless the electric grids are quickly expanded.
- Administration officials worry their plans to fight climate change could falter unless electric grids can quickly expand to handle more wind and solar power
- Administration officials are increasingly worried that their plans to fight climate change could falter unless the nation can quickly add vast amounts of grid capacity to handle more wind and solar power and to better tolerate extreme weather.
- Under the rule announced on Thursday, the Energy Department would take over as the lead agency in charge of federal environmental reviews for certain interstate power lines and would aim to issue necessary permits within two years.
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