Clean energy group calls for permitting reform to advance transmission projects

John Cox, The Bakersfield Californian
Updated ·5 min read

Dec. 17—A report released this month by clean energy advocates is renewing pressure on the Newsom administration to ramp up permitting of electrical transmission projects, especially in the Central Valley, to speed California's conversion to renewable power.

In their report, the Center for Energy Efficiency, Renewable Technology and GridLab call for changes in permitting they said would help resolve a stubborn backlog of developments proposed for carrying electricity over long distances. The lack of such infrastructure holds back solar and other generation proposed to replace natural gas-fired generation.

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