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How Can We Build Transmission Infrastructure Responsibly?

Legal Planet

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

State law often provides that, in assessing the public interest, the regulator can consider “only the interests of in-state residents and businesses.” Significant support for these actions was provided in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which President Biden signed into law in August. or is not economically feasible.:

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