Jury Still Out on Debt Bill’s Ability to Deliver Permitting Reform

Will the debt ceiling bill, the "Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023," actually get passed? And, will it retain the sections that deal with completing the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) and so-called permitting reform? That's the gazillion-dollar question. We should know within the next day or so whether the bill, largely as written, will survive. Let's assume, for the moment, that it does survive and gets adopted. We brought you the preliminary language of the 99-page bill yesterday (see Biden-McCarthy Debt Ceiling Deal Includes Finishing MVP PDQ). Section 107 in the bill, called "Timely and Unified Federal Reviews," provides for permitting reform that speeds up fossil energy and renewable energy projects. Here's another gazillion-dollar question: Will Section 107 do what it advertises?

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