Rep. Scott Peters on X: "Americans’ utility bills have skyrocketed. We need more energy, built faster. The biggest bottleneck isn't a lack of clean energy projects to deliver affordable power; it's a permitting process stuck in the 1970s. Now is the time for Congress to act. 🧵(1/3)" / X

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Rep. Scott Peters
@RepScottPeters
Americans’ utility bills have skyrocketed. We need more energy, built faster. The biggest bottleneck isn't a lack of clean energy projects to deliver affordable power; it's a permitting process stuck in the 1970s. Now is the time for Congress to act. 🧵(1/3)
Matthew Yglesias
@mattyglesias
Sep 10
The case for doing a permitting deal sooner rather than later from @JaneAFlegal and @ppavnr — they’re right! wsj.com/opinion/dems-s…
6:20 PM · Sep 12, 2026
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Rep. Scott Peters
@RepScottPeters
Sep 12
We have thousands of gigawatts of solar, wind, and battery storage sitting in interconnection queues, waiting years for permits and approval. In fact, most of the energy that would benefit from permitting reform is renewable. Demand won’t slow down anytime soon. We need to
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Rep. Scott Peters
@RepScottPeters
Sep 12
We don’t have to wait until Democrats have full control of Washington again. If we're serious about affordability and climate change, we need to work across the aisle to get a commonsense deal together now. This is the moment. Ratepayers can't afford a Congress that just talks
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Golfer12b
@Golfer12b2
Sep 12
Permitting in CA is the issue here

Americans’ utility bills have skyrocketed. We need more energy, built faster. The biggest bottleneck isn't a lack of clean energy projects to deliver affordable power; it's a permitting process stuck in the 1970s. Now is the time for Congress to act. 🧵(1/3)

Matthew Yglesias

@mattyglesias

Sep 10

The case for doing a permitting deal sooner rather than later from @JaneAFlegal and @ppavnr — they’re right! wsj.com/opinion/dems-s…

6:20 PM · Sep 12, 2026

11.1K

Views