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How Can We Build Transmission Infrastructure Responsibly?

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The clean-energy transition that is one focus of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will require big changes in our electric grid. But two appellate-court decisions strictly limited this authority: A 2009 Fourth Circuit decision, Piedmont Environmental Council v.

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FERC Proposes Reforms to Speed-Up Approval of Interstate Transmission Infrastructure

Law Columbia

However, in section 1221 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 , Congress gave FERC limited “backstop” authority to approve certain projects in areas designated as “national interest electric transmission corridors” by DOE. 689 was struck down in 2009 in Piedmont Environmental Council v. Among other things, Order No.

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