What a Permitting Reform Deal Could Look Like
About this episode
The episode discusses the potential for permitting reform in Congress to facilitate clean energy infrastructure development.
There’s really one one good thing that could happen this year in Congress for clean energy: permitting reform. If lawmakers reached a bipartisan deal on the country’s permitting system, they could make it easier to build solar, wind, and transmission lines — as well as every other kind of infrastructure. But will it happen? What are the obstacles to a deal? What would be in a deal? On this episode of Shift Key, Rob is joined by Daniel Palken, the director of infrastructure for energy and permitting at Arnold Ventures. They discuss the recent history of permitting reform, the policies that would probably make up a deal, and why it might be now or never for reforming the permitting system. Shift Key is hosted by Robinson Meyer, the founding executive editor of Heatmap News. Subscribe to “Shift Key” and find this episode on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Amazon , or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also add the show’s RSS feed to your podcast app to follow us directly. You can find a full transcript of the episode here . Mentioned: The FREEDOM Act , which would limit the president’s ability to yank permits Rob’s SunZia story: The Long, Strange Success Story of America’s Biggest…
People in this episode
Host: Robinson Meyer
Guest: Daniel Palken
Topics covered
- permitting reform
- clean energy
- infrastructure
- bipartisan deal
- Congress
- solar energy
- wind energy
Keywords
- permitting reform
- clean energy
- infrastructure
- bipartisan deal
- solar
- wind
- transmission lines
Sponsors
Tandem PV
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Arnold Ventures
Books & works: The FREEDOM Act, The Long, Strange Success Story of America’s Biggest Clean Energy Project, What Is Permitting Reform? Here’s a Cheat Sheet.
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