The American Public Power Association on March 12 said it is pleased to hear that permitting reform negotiations have resumed in the Senate.
“The country is facing unprecedented demand growth and rising reliability and affordability challenges. The need to bring on new generation, from both traditional and renewable resources, has never been more urgent,” it said.
“Now is the time to update our nation's burdensome permitting processes to ensure that public power utilities can continue to provide reliable, affordable power to their 55 million customers,” it said.
APPA is urging Senate negotiators to use the good, bipartisan work included in the House-passed SPEED, PERMIT, and Fix Our Forests Acts as the basis for infrastructure neutral permitting reform. A final product must reduce costs and regulatory burdens, APPA said.
"Getting permitting reform right represents a critical foundational step in building out America’s energy future,” said APPA President & CEO Scott Corwin. “It’s time to take that step."
APPA’s updated permitting reform principles are available at PublicPower.org.
