DOE’s new CITAP Program promises to increase efficiency of the environmental permitting process for transmission lines. But can more administrative meetings, timelines, and regulatory uncertainty overcome the risk of litigation, siting challenges, and construction delays?… Read More »DOE Issues Final Rule on Coordination of Federal Authorizations for Electric Transmission Facilities. May, 2024.

Anti-wind groups find fault with the BOEM’s Biological Opinion for the Atlantic Wind project; lawsuit alleges that the project will result in adverse impacts to North Atlantic Right Whales, while Dominion says the project will… Read More »Virginia offshore wind project hits whale trouble. May, 2024

A District judge reviews the Environmental Assessment for an oil and gas leasing program and reminds the BLM that it must “show its work and explain its reasoning.” The purpose of NEPA “is not to generate paperwork… Read More »Court validates BLM’s climate analysis, dings agency for failing to show how it factored in oil and gas lease sale. March, 2024

A review by the Niskanen Center finds 27% of a sample of 37 transmission line projects in the US faced opposition leading to project delays or cancellation. Conclusion? “There is no single solution to solve permitting… Read More »A closer look at the role of litigation and opposition in transmission projects undergoing federal permitting. March, 2024

What to do when a project’s need contradicts state climate policy? Permits, lawsuits, and a project in limbo: the challenge before the D.C. Circuit Court. Read more…

A review of infrastructure projects finds that negative stakeholder feedback is the most prominent reputational risk for G20 infrastructure projects. Read more…

A journalist calls attention to ~$282 million worth of negotiated mitigation payments from offshore wind developers in New England. The most common beneficiaries? Community agreements with towns and direct support for fishers and aquariums. Read more…

Hands tied, and a project still pending federal approval, Portsmouth Town Council agrees to a $23 million host community agreement with SouthCoast Wind Energy LLC. With only three weeks of public notice, the town agreed to… Read More »Portsmouth Town Council begrudgingly approves host agreement with SouthCoast Wind. January, 2024

A Berkley Lab survey finds that renewable energy project cancellations average more than $2 million of sunk costs per project. The main reasons? Permitting delays caused by local ordinances and zoning, grid interconnection, and community… Read More »Survey of Utility-Scale Wind and Solar Developers. January, 2024.