Biden DOE Advances Three Transmission ‘Corridors’ For Eased Approvals

December 17, 2024
The Biden administration is advancing three areas where additional transmission would be in the “national interest” and thus eligible for eased federal permitting and financing, though it remains uncertain how the incoming Trump administration will respond to the effort. On Dec. 16, the Energy Department (DOE) moved three potential National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETCs) to a third phase of its four-phase process for such designations. It had earlier floated 10 possible corridors. According to a notice in the Dec...


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