'We must reject the false choice between accelerating clean energy transmission and ensuring communities are included in the process,' said AbigailDillen of Earthjustice.
the permitting authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for transmission line projects that are deemed in the national interest.
Many recent legislative proposals containing transmission reform, including the Building American Energy Security Act of 2022, have failed to live up to these principles. Perhaps most importantly, the process laid out in these proposals lacked adequate and meaningful engagement with key stakeholders and ignored the concerns of those who would be directly impacted by energy infrastructure development. It is essential we build trust with the communities most impacted.
"We need a clean energy revolution shaped by justice and equity," said Peggy Shepard, co-founder and executive director of WE ACT for Environmental Justice, another coalition member."We have done the work of ensuring that clean energy projects and permitting processes are funded through the Inflation Reduction Act. These principles will help deliver a transmission system that lives up to our ideals.
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