New Mexico Senator Proposes Bill to Speed up Permitting Process for Energy Projects

An Unexpected Beneficiary of the Permitting Bill: Mini Marine Power

Tucked inside the Senate’s ambitious new permitting bill, the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, is a major win for an energy technology that often flies under the radar: marine power. Small-scale wave, tidal, and river-current projects could help power everything from remote communities and military installations to ocean sensors and coastal desalination systems — at least in theory.Drawing largely from the bipartisan FLOWS Act, in…

Just Say Yes to Permitting Reform

Unions, Heinrich push for sweeping changes to federal permitting

While some New Mexico union leaders support Sen. Martin Heinrich’s expansive energy permitting bill, some environmentalists have raised alarms.

New Mexico senator proposes bill to speed up permitting process for energy projects

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich (D) said the feds have a "broken" system for permitting big energy projects. He's now co-sponsoring a bill with a group of Republican senators, aiming to speed up the process, as he said, to get projects done in years, not decades. "The states are the first [...]

New Mexico US Sen. Heinrich touts bipartisan permitting reform bill amid environmentalist criticism

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) on Monday held back-to-back meetings in Albuquerque with labor leaders, manufacturers and renewable energy companies to tout his new, bipartisan permitting reform bill, which has drawn criticism from local and national environmental advocacy groups. Heinrich, who serves as the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee, described the 417-page Bipartisan American Affordability and J…

Heinrich eyes New Mexico jobs in bi-partisan permitting reform push - The Paper.

By Pat Davis, New Mexico Political Report — For most government workers and union members, Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples’ Day is the Monday cap to a three-day weekend. But […] The post Heinrich eyes New Mexico jobs in bi-partisan permitting reform push appeared first on The Paper..