Talk Of Modest Permitting Deal Swirls As Debt Limit Crunch Nears

Sources are increasingly suggesting that legislation to raise the federal debt limit could incorporate modest permit streamlining language, including a potential requirement that power grid regions bolster their ability to share electricity with each other, possibly boosting transmission lines needed to deploy clean power. The scenario -- which could also include what sources describe as modest changes to environmental permitting requirements -- comes as Congress faces a tight time crunch to legislation preventing an unprecedented government default as soon as...