Delays Cost Billions
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America is ready to build
Permitting is holding us back.
Rising costs. Surging energy demands. The mounting impacts of climate change. America’s energy challenges are growing, and the solar and storage industry is ready to deliver the fast, affordable, reliable power we need.
But, federal permitting delays are costing Americans billions. Every day we delay means higher bills for families, greater instability on the grid, and more pollution in our climate. Passing bipartisan permitting reform will deliver the clear rules, predictable timelines, and electrical infrastructure we need to unlock our clean energy future.
The cost of delaY
$81.2 B
increase in household energy bills if clean energy remains restricted
483 GW
of clean energy at risk
290M
metric tons of CO₂ emissions could be avoided annually if permitting is passed, representing 6% of all U.S. emissions
10+ years
to permit new transmission lines
The Opportunity for Congress
The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA) is crucial to building more solar and storage:
Transmission
Accelerates transmission planning and construction, unlocking the grid’s ability to deliver more low-cost solar and storage where it’s needed most.
Permit Certainty
Ensures that clean energy developers have clear and fair rules for receiving permits and holds agencies accountable for permitting timelines.
Interconnection
Establishes guidelines that will ensure more predictable, coordinated, and cost-transparent grid access for clean energy.
Distributed Energy Permits
Empowers FERC to accelerate the permitting of distributed energy systems such as residential and commercial solar.
Virtual Power Plants
Removes barriers that keep networks of home solar and storage systems (virtual power plants) from relieving grid stress.
Solar is Ready to Build
Solar is the fastest, most affordable energy source to build. With BAAJA accelerating permits, ensuring predictable timelines, and expanding transmission, America can deliver more reliable, low-cost power to communities in every corner of the country.
Let America Build
Right now, permitting delays are the biggest impediment to getting more clean, low-cost solar and storage on our grid and economists say that these delays could trigger over $121 billion in avoidable energy costs for American families and businesses.
The good news? Congress can fix this right now. The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act will accelerate the deployment of clean energy, helping us meet rising electricity demands while keeping your bills down and your lights on.
Unleashing solar and storage is the single best way to meet America’s energy challenges and secure an abundant, affordable clean energy future.
Contact your Representative and tell them to pass permitting reform and unlock the jobs, investment, and energy savings of solar power.
Let America Build
Right now, permitting delays are the biggest impediment to getting more clean, low-cost solar and storage on our grid and economists say that these delays could trigger over $121 billion in avoidable energy costs for American families and businesses.
The good news? Congress can fix this right now. The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act will accelerate the deployment of clean energy, helping us meet rising electricity demands while keeping your bills down and your lights on.
Unleashing solar and storage is the single best way to meet America’s energy challenges and secure an abundant, affordable clean energy future.
Contact your Representative and tell them to pass permitting reform and unlock the jobs, investment, and energy savings of solar power.
Analyses
New Analysis Finds Federal Transmission Reforms Would Slash Power Sector Emissions, Boost Grid Reliability, and Save Consumers Billions
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA) is a Good Deal
Searchlight Institute