![]() “Clear direction from FERC is now more important than ever,” the lawmakers said in their letter. In a letter to FERC last month, Democratic members of the House and Senate called on the agency to strengthen the policies it has issued thus far, describing its role as “complementary” to that of Congress with the passage of the climate law and other legislation. Since last year, the commission has weighed and proposed changes to the process for building new transmission infrastructure, which observers say is needed to support more carbon-free power. The climate law also will provide billions in incentives to upgrade and expand the electric grid and develop power lines for offshore wind and other resources, adding pressure to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s efforts to address bottlenecks in transmission development. “There’s also barriers to clean energy in the form of regulatory burdens and sort of NIMBY objections to actually citing transmission lines, and solar plants and wind farms and geothermal.” ![]() “Money isn’t everything,” said Kristin Eberhard, director of climate at the Niskanen Center. ![]() ![]() Along with requiring extensive coordination between agencies, the implementation will likely kick off lengthy rulemakings amid challenging regulatory bottlenecks for large energy projects. ![]()
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