Interior’s Renewables Attacks Snag Power Lines

Interior’s Renewables Attacks Snag Power Lines

I can now confirm the Trump administration’s recent attacks on renewables permitting appear to be impacting transmission projects, too.Over the past two weeks, the Interior Department has laid forth secretarial orders implementing a new regime for renewables permitting on federal lands. This has appeared to essentially kill the odds of utility-scale solar or wind projects on federal land getting approved any time soon. Public timetables for larg…