The hazards of permitting reform in getting energy projects built on time WashTimesOpEd
As Sen. Tom Carper, Delaware Democrat, gets ready to add to the melange of proposed permitting legislation and as the debt limit discussions — which may include some permitting reforms — head to their conclusion, it might be worth thinking about whether the current batch of permitting reform may do more harm than good.
The good news is that the Lower Energy Costs Act, the House version of permitting reform, includes provisions addressing Section 401. There is no telling whether it will survive the process. In addition to these reforms, placing all of the permitting authority for energy projects in a single agency would be optimal. Right now, however, no fewer than six federal agencies are involved in permitting any single energy project. As you can imagine, that gives those who would like to stop potential projects many opportunities to use the system against them. It also maximizes the decisions that can be litigated.
At a recent Heritage Foundation event, Commissioner James Danly of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission was, as he usually is, on target with his assessments of this sort of thing.
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