Permitting and Siting

The Colorado General Assembly’s 2025 regular session adjourned on Wednesday, May 7th, 2025, with muted results for clean energy. United’s Emilie Olson covers key outcomes and missed opportunities from the 2025 Session, looking toward the 2026 Session to produce better results for advanced energy legislation and fill policy gaps that will help the state reach its clean energy goals.

RESET and PRESS: Pennsylvania Introduces Clean Energy Bills to Power Up the Economy

Diverse stakeholders are joining together to encourage Michigan legislators to oppose House Bills 4027 and 4028.

Diverse stakeholders today announced the filing of a brief from industry organizations and multiple amicus curiae brief petitions in support of the Michigan Public Service Commission’s actions to implement Public Act 233 (PA 233).

The 2025 Virginia legislative session launched on January 8, with a rapid sprint toward crossover on February 4, and concluded on February 22. Over 45 days, lawmakers raced to pass critical legislation. With a high-stakes governor’s race and House elections looming in November, Advanced Energy United’s Virginia policy team advanced key energy policies while navigating a challenging landscape.

Virginia Commission on Electric Utility Regulation gives the green light to solar siting

Utility Dive interviews several experts, including United’s Harry Godfrey, on how the results of the November 2024 election could shape the future of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), permitting reform, and transportation electrification.

United’s Caroline Driscoll discusses Rhode Island’s Energy Storage Systems Act and how it will pave the way for a clean energy future, drive economic growth, bring job opportunities, and promote grid reliability.

United’s Trish Demeter discusses the challenges that state-level siting and permitting policies pose for the clean energy industry and how reform would support the growth and development of new clean energy projects.

Advanced Energy United’s “State-Level Siting and Permitting
Reform Policy Principles” document outlines key policy principles that decisionmakers and stakeholders should consider when reforming state policy frameworks that govern the siting and permitting processes of large scale renewable and energy storage projects.

United’s Jeremy McDiarmid shares three key takeaways from Reuters’ recent webinar he moderated. The webinar, titled “Keys of Certainty to Accelerating Offshore Wind Project Permits,” centered on what a predictable, thorough offshore wind permitting process looks like and the importance of a well-prepared and adaptable plan for projects seeking permits.