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Members debate whether DPA can and should address permitting and energy buildout
Summary
Republican and Democratic members questioned witnesses about the DPA’s role in energy infrastructure, including whether the statute or reauthorization should provide authority to expedite permitting for coal, gas, nuclear, and renewable projects.
Republican members pressed witnesses on using DPA authorities to speed construction or reopening of power plants and other energy infrastructure they characterize as essential to national security, while other members and witnesses emphasized statutory and practical limits.
Rep. Barr, the subcommittee member who led questioning on permitting, described regulatory barriers to grid development and asked whether the DPA could be used to reopen or build coal or gas plants or to…
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