Congressional Republicans want permitting reform, an Ohio project shows how tricky that could be

Ohio GOP Congressmen are advocating for federal permitting reform to accelerate energy infrastructure projects like pipelines and transmission lines. They argue that federal red tape hinders development needed to meet rising power demands from data centers.
Several of Ohio’s GOP Congressmen swung through Columbus recently to tout the importance of permitting reform. With data centers driving demand for power and an ocean of natural gas beneath our feet, they argued, federal red tape can’t be the bottle neck delaying new pipelines and transmission lines from getting built. “We can have all […]
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