What’s up with the new federal permitting reform bill?

A sprawling bipartisan permitting bill reshapes U.S. transmission, NEPA remedies, and data-center costs, with 50% odds of passage per the guest.

• Transmission overhaul: Section 2101 creates a FERC backstop siting process letting non-incumbent developers bypass slow regional planning; interregional coordination at 11 planning regions has produced zero built lines in 15 years under Order 1000.
• NEPA's biggest change: the bill bars courts from issuing injunctions or vacatur over NEPA errors, shifting remedy to remand only—courts can still block projects under the Clean Water Act, ESA, or Clean Air Act.

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