Press Release
August 17, 2022
Outlook for Senator Manchin’s Energy Permitting Reform
As part of the deal to earn Senator Joe Manchin’s support for the Inflation Reduction Act, Democratic leadership promised a vote on reforms to the federal energy permitting process by the end of the fiscal year. In a new insight, Director of Regulatory Policy Dan Bosch reviews the key energy components of the (likely) future bill and considers their potential impacts.
Key points:
- Sen. Manchin has released a list of energy permitting reforms he intends to include in the legislation, which would address some of the long-standing challenges of the federal permitting process.
- It is not clear if the reforms would be entirely focused on energy projects or if they would have broader application.
- Despite the promised vote on Sen. Manchin’s proposed reforms, the permitting package’s passage is far from certain.