Permit reform bill is a compromise that Rep. Mannion should support (Your Letters)
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To the Editor:The Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026, a large permitting reform bill, is being taken up by the Senate. If passed into law, this legislation will significantly reduce emissions, accelerate clean energy deployment and lower electricity costs. America cannot deploy clean energy at the scale needed without substantially expanding and modernizing the electrical transmission grid. The bill is designed to unlock vast amounts of stranded wind and solar power, particularly on federal lands in the West, and move that power to population centers. The bill also requires data centers to bear the full transmission costs they add to the grid.