

“We think that Podesta’s speech clearly indicates that permitting reform is on the table, but agreeing to terms from such vastly different starting points remains a challenge.” “We do not observe many areas of overlap, and even fewer areas of real consensus between the partisan proposals,” the research firm said. However, there are “yawning gaps” between Republican and Democratic permitting reform priorities, ClearView Energy Partners said in a client note Wednesday.

White House senior clean energy advisor John Podesta on Wednesday said the Biden administration supports Manchin’s bill. “We all need to sit down and negotiate in good faith – putting politics aside – to craft the Bipartisan Permitting Reform Bill,” Manchin said, noting he plans to hold sector-specific energy permitting hearings to inform that effort. Also, the House in March passed permitting reform legislation that was included in a debt limit bill. Tom Carper, D-Del., chairman of the environment committee, plans to introduce a permitting bill, possibly this month. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. They include Manchin’s Building American Energy Security Act, which is similar to a bill he introduced last year, and the SPUR Act and RESTART Act offered separately by Barrasso and Sen. Several permitting reform bills have been introduced in the Senate. John Barrasso, the energy committee’s top Republican. We want this done and everybody wants it done.”Īny permitting reforms must apply equally to all energy sources, said Wyoming Sen. “We can get together much quicker if we’re all in this, and I think we are. We're going to get it done,” Manchin, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said during a hearing on permitting reform. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., aims to bring bipartisan permitting reform legislation to the Senate floor for a vote by July 31, the tentative start of the chamber’s summer recess, he said Thursday. However, there are “yawning gaps” between Republican and Democratic permitting reform priorities, according to research firm ClearView Energy Partners. Manchin aims to bring energy infrastructure permitting reform bill to Senate floor for vote by August
