WASHINGTON (March 30, 2023) — Edison Electric Institute (EEI) President Tom Kuhn today issued the following statement:

“EEI and our member companies support permitting improvements that create a more efficient, environmentally sound, and legally durable process for deploying new energy infrastructure and energy technologies. H.R. 1 proposes important improvements to our nation’s inefficient and time-consuming siting and permitting process, and we applaud Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Leader Steve Scalise, and Chairs Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Bruce Westerman, and Sam Graves for leading on these critical issues. A clear, coordinated, consistent, and efficient permitting process is essential for our industry and for America’s electric companies as we make critical investments in our nation’s energy grid. We look forward to continuing to work on a bicameral and bipartisan basis to move siting and permitting reform across the finish line.”