NRDC Assessment of BAAJA, the 2026 Permitting & Transmission Bill

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The NRDC assessment describes the 2026 Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act as combining transmission and grid reforms with changes to federal environmental laws, permitting standards, and judicial remedies. It views the transmission provisions as important while raising concerns about the bill's broader permitting and environmental effects.

The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (BAAJA) is the result of years of negotiations on permitting reform. The product is a bill that combines critically important transmission and grid reforms with significant and concerning changes to federal environmental laws, permitting standards, and judicial remedies.  The transmission provisions ... [continued] The post NRDC Assessment of BAAJA, the 2026 Permitting & Transmission Bill appeared first on CleanTechnica.