A group of energy-focused Democrats is promoting reforms to the transmission siting and cost allocation process as part of a new policy brief on how to ease federal permitting of U.S. infrastructure projects. The recommendations come as Democratic leaders in Congress hope to pass some type of permitting legislation before 2023, when Republicans will take control of the U.S. House of Representatives. “The obstacles constraining the buildout of large-scale transmission projects are less about money or financing and more about systemic hurdles that dictate which transmission projects can be built — specifically decisions around the siting of where transmission lines should or can go and how to allocate the costs of transmission projects amongst those who benefit from them,” the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition said in its 12-page brief.
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