Biden Infrastructure Plan and High-Voltage Transmission Line Projects
Friday, May 7, 2021 On April 27, the Biden administration announced new proposed infrastructure initiatives that may enable developers to finally break ground on their “shovel-ready” transmission line projects, including over new guidance on how federal and state agencies can work together to approve developers looking to use the land running alongside highways, known as the federal highway right-of-way (ROW), for construction of power transmission, clean-energy, and connectivity projects. In the past, burdensome permitting processes often stalled plans to place high-voltage ...
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