Manchin Vows To Give ‘Every Ounce Of Effort’ To Reach Permitting Deal

February 27, 2024
Senate energy committee Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) is vowing to continue efforts to enact permit streamlining legislation before he leaves Congress at the end of this year, pitching proposals to state utility regulators to overhaul the process for approving transmission projects and shorten judicial review timelines. “This is our last chance, and I am not walking out of here until I give with every ounce of effort that I have to get a permitting bill done to get you from...


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