“This bipartisan package is a generational opportunity to unleash abundant American energy through faster infrastructure permitting and improved transmission planning. Thank you to Chairs Shelley Moore Capito and Mike Lee, Ranking Members Sheldon Whitehouse and Martin Heinrich, and President Donald Trump for your leadership on this critical issue. 

Enacting smart, technology-neutral permitting and transmission reform legislation is critical to advance energy infrastructure to power America’s global leadership. As energy prices continue to rise and power demand surges, we encourage lawmakers to advance this monumental legislation, ensuring American homes and businesses have access to the low-cost, reliable power they desperately need. Constraining abundant, domestic clean energy resources could cost the U.S. at least $121 billion in additional energy expenses in the coming years. 

CEBA has advocated for a bipartisan agreement on permitting and transmission reform for many years. This package presents an incredible opportunity for clean energy, and we look forward to seeing it cross the finish line. Thank you to all the lawmakers and their staff for the countless hours spent negotiating this package over the last year.”

Please contact press@ceba.org to schedule an interview with CEBA’s experts.

Additional Resources:

• A recent CEBA-commissioned study modeled that constraining new solar and wind resources could cost the U.S. more than $121 billion beginning in 2027 through 2033.
  • Read more from CEBA CEO Rich Powell in his Washington Examiner column.
• Check out CEBA’s fact sheets on permitting and transmission reform.