And so the SPEED act does some important things, but it also leaves out the sort of elephant in the room transmission and the national solar ban. And then underlying that, It's not really NEPA reform. It's a pretty big loophole where any state or tribal agency can do their environmental review and then obviate the need for a federal review. Now, do I think that after you've completed your review that that decision by the federal government must stick? Yes. (04:59–05:11)
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Asserts that the SPEED Act allows state or tribal reviews to bypass federal review, creating a loophole.
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