🎶 The ePermit Shuffle — because we’re dancing through a system stuck in the past.
Permitting today still runs on paper trails, file folders, and decades-old rules, while the rest of the world runs on apps, AI, and automation.
It’s time to upgrade.
It’s time to pass the ePermit Act.
American energy demand is rising at a record pace, but bureaucratic gridlock and endless litigation continue to stall vital energy builds. To keep power reliable and lower costs for families, we need a modern permitting system that prioritizes progress over endless delays.
Paperwork is not progressing. America has the talent and technology to build modern energy infrastructure, but bureaucratic gridlock is holding us back. Streamlining the federal review process creates predictable timelines, protects our environment, and lets America build again.
While other nations move fast to build the infrastructure of tomorrow, America keeps debating whether to start. Modernizing our review process gives builders the certainty they need to keep us globally competitive.
Over 140 organizations and hundreds of individuals have submitted real solutions to fix America’s broken permitting process. From energy producers to local communities, everyone agrees that endless bureaucratic delays are holding back progress. The feedback is clear, the bipartisan support exists, and it is time for Congress to act.
Building modern transmission lines and power projects takes years of upfront capital. When bureaucratic gridlock stalls development, consumers pay the price through higher electric bills. Streamlining the federal permitting process removes the roadblocks so we can strengthen our electric grid.
Over $1.5 trillion in critical energy infrastructure is currently trapped on the desks of federal agencies.
When projects sit in regulatory limbo for years, financing costs skyrocket and families end up paying higher utility bills. Fixing red tape directly lowers costs for consumers.
Two to three years, not ten, not seventeen. That is how fast a modern permitting system should operate. Bureaucratic gridlock is driving up utility bills and delaying critical energy infrastructure. It is time for common sense, bipartisan reform that lets us build a stronger grid.
Outdated bureaucratic gridlock freezes capital, delays grid modernization, and drives up costs for everyday families. It is time for bipartisan permitting reform that lets us build big things again.
In the 1930s, America built the Hoover Dam in just 5 years. Today, a single energy project can spend 5 to 10 years waiting on federal paperwork before ground is ever broken. Paperwork is not progress.
Permitting reform is not about politics. It is about common sense solutions. Both parties agree that fixing long delays is essential to building our infrastructure. As Senator Shelley Moore Capito highlights, real reform delivers three things: predictability, consistency, and finality.
Permitting reform is not about choosing one energy source over another. Whether it is expanding nuclear power, modernizing the grid, building transmission lines, or boosting domestic production, the goal is simple: end the endless delays. While other countries move forward, America cannot afford to sit in regulatory limbo. The solutions exist today.
Every day of permitting delays drains billions from America’s economy. It’s time to cut the red tape, speed up projects, and unleash our full potential.
Over $1.5 trillion in critical energy projects sit frozen in bureaucratic limbo. Permitting delays add $120B+ in extra costs on family energy bills over 7 years.
Permitting reform isn't partisan. It's an economic & national security priority.
Protecting the environment and building America's future can go hand in hand.
NEPA helps ensure major projects are carefully reviewed. The challenge is making sure those reviews are timely, predictable, and efficient.
Modernizing permitting means faster decisions, stronger infrastructure, and affordable, reliable energy while maintaining strong environmental safeguards.
Permitting reform isn't about picking winners. It's about making it possible to build.
Whether it's modernizing the electric grid, expanding energy infrastructure, or supporting the next generation of American innovation, a more efficient permitting process benefits everyone.
When projects spend years waiting for approvals, America falls behind. It's time for a permitting system that delivers timely decisions and keeps America building.
America has the resources. America has the talent. America has the innovation.
What we need is a permitting system that lets us build.
As Sen. Alan Armstrong said, our competitive advantages only matter if we can turn them into real projects that strengthen our economy, power our communities, and create jobs.
Modernizing permitting will help deliver the energy infrastructure America needs to stay competitive, lower costs, and lead the world in innovation.
America is ready to build. It is time our permitting process was too.
Let us fix the broken regulatory system, empower our workforce, and clear the path for progress.
America does not lack ideas. It lacks a permitting process that keeps pace with them.
As Senator Alan Armstrong noted, America has abundant energy resources and an ability to innovate, but these competitive advantages mean nothing if we cannot build.
Permitting reform strengthens our energy future, supports American workforce innovation, and keeps our national economy competitive on the global stage.
Efficiency in government review protects both economic growth and energy reliability.