William Driscoll of PV Magazine reports that clean energy groups have requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) create a plan to improve interconnection studies. “So that interconnection studies for large-scale renewables projects may be completed in ‘months instead of years,’ three clean energy trade groups have asked FERC to launch an ‘accelerated, stand-alone’...

"Here’s the good news: we can build cleaner and faster while keeping first-in-class environmental standards. It can be done. In fact, this construction must be done to meet this moment and face the climate crisis head on—and get clean power onto the grid."

"President Biden must recognize that his decimation of American energy opened the door for Russia’s ongoing aggression, diminished our leverage in negotiations, and resulted in a missed opportunity in meeting Europe’s energy demands. It is clear—the only solution to lowering energy prices for consumers, protecting American energy independence, and stabilizing the situation in Europe is for President Biden to implement the ESCAPE Act and unleash the full power of American energy production."

"We should be streamlining regulation to unleash the power of innovation against our growing emissions challenge. The private sector has made incredible strides across sectors and industries and was crucial to helping the nation through the worst of the pandemic. And if COVID-19 has taught us anything, it’s how fast the market can solve problems when the government gets out of the way."

The American Conservation Coalition (ACC) has released new polling on climate change. “Despite climate policy remaining a divisive topic in Congress, our survey showed that some solutions are hugely popular among young people. For example, nature-based solutions, as well as wind and solar power, unite young Americans despite their other policy disagreements.” Read more here.

"A new generation of American advanced reactors will make immense contributions to global security, U.S. economic growth, and climate action if we let them. If not, the U.S. could fail to meet its own clean energy pledges while also losing ground to China and Russia on technological innovation."

"Turning out the lights is not an option. We will power our moden economy one way or the other, and if it is too difficult or costly to deploy clean energy sources and to construct the infrastructure upon which it relies, we will stick with dirtier and more carbon-intensive energy sources."

"It’s logically inconsistent to be pro–green energy and anti-construction. Yet that’s where the environmentalist movement seems to have landed in the U.S. It’s yet another indication of the completely incoherent energy agenda from the Left."

The U.S. can no longer continue to neglect its compounding infrastructure and clean-energy needs. We aren’t going to regulate our way to a thriving low-carbon economy and a more stable climate. America needs to get back to building again."