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Level 1
Apparently, BAAJA provides enough support for Renewable Energy development to gain some Dem
votes and move the ball forward. Shifting away from the use of FFs for Heat and Power is a "Transition" process...not, as some would call it, a sudden 'Guillotine Break'.
Here's an AI summary of the perceived benefits from a Dem Renewable Energy perspective...We'll have to wait and see how the negotiations turn out. No surprise that some members of the Democratic Party are displeased...especially the article's author.
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AI Overview
The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA) supports renewable energy primarily by overhauling federal permitting, transmission, and grid interconnection rules to speed up clean power deployment. [1, 2]
Key parts of the legislation supporting renewable energy include:
- Interconnection & Transmission Reform: The bill addresses the massive backlog in the U.S. power grid queues—where solar, wind, and energy storage make up the vast majority of requests—by accelerating transmission capacity building and standardizing regional planning. [1, 2, 3]
- Permitting Timelines & Scope: It amends major federal environmental laws—including the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act—to establish strict statutory deadlines (such as 150-day limitation periods for NEPA-based judicial challenges) and a narrower scope for reviews. [1, 2, 3]
- Project Certainty & Revocation Protections: BAAJA codifies rules that make federal permits harder to revoke once granted, reducing multi-year litigation and financial risks for developers of large-scale renewable and infrastructure projects. [1, 2]
- Specific Infrastructure Support: The legislation explicitly facilitates and streamlines the deployment of clean energy resources like geothermal and hydropower, alongside transmission and storage buildouts
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Level 1
Re: Bipartisanship.
I'm looking forward to all the board leftists, who incessantly clamor for bipartisanship, to upvote your post. Well done!
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Level 2
Not a lot of bipartisanship for Obamacare... and it's been such a success!
The Senate passed H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, on Dec. 24, 2009, by a vote of 60 to 39 (59 Democrats and 1 Independent voted for the bill while 39 Republicans voted against the bill, with 1 Republican not voting).
On March 21, 2010, the final House vote was 219 to 212 to approve H.R. 3590,[4] with every House Republican voting no.[5] The final vote of the 431 representatives (there were four vacant House seats at the time) included 219 Democrats voting for the bill, and 34 Democrats and 178 Republicans voting against the bill.
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Level 3
Yes, it was a bipartisan bill. A half dozen R's and D's worked on that bill
When voted on the R's who worked on shaping that bill decided to not back the bill. But then, you were born yesteday.
Jack, he is a banker
and Jane, she is a clerk
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