Farewell, latest bipartisan energy permitting bill

New transmission infrastructure is needed not only to carry solar and wind power from rural areas to city centers — and meet the nation’s climate goals — but also to shore up reliability and resilience. Without it, the electric grid could increasingly fail to keep the lights on during more frequent and intensified storms and other climate-fueled disasters.

Some Republican lawmakers get that, said Devin Hartman, a director at the right-leaning R Street Institute.

“You are starting to see some Republicans appreciate the reliability lens,” he said.