Senate Faces Showdown Over Energy Permitting

“After more than a decade of false starts, lawmakers in Washington are on the cusp of advancing a bill to reform the Byzantine system for approving projects needed to modernize power grids, build artificial intelligence data centers and revitalize clean energy development,” Bloomberg reports.

“The Democrats’ sweeping victories in the midterm elections, however, has tossed a wrench into the effort.”

“Senators are now fighting to preserve a bipartisan permitting reform deal reached after months of painstaking negotiations, with a procedural vote on the bill set for Monday. Congress has two short months to pass the plan, which overhauls how projects including pipelines, power lines and solar and wind farms are approved.”