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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. billion for rural electric cooperatives to develop clean-energy resources. The IRA also provides $9.7

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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. is to achieve its clean energy ambitions. (For more on that, see our 2020 report here.).

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