DOE Finalizes Transmission Rule As Part of Broader Clean Power Rollout

The Department of Energy (DOE) is finalizing a rule to strengthen coordination of federal permitting for transmission projects considered crucial to integrating more renewable energy onto the grid, creating a new program that includes a default two-year review schedule and process based on a single environmental document for the projects. DOE’s release of the rule April 25 coincides with an array of separate Biden administration announcements related to both transmission buildout as well as EPA’s high-profile suite of standards curbing...