The Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) released the following statement from CEO Rich Powell in response to President Donald J. Trump’s executive order “Updating Permitting Technology for the 21st Century”:

“CEBA welcomes the Trump administration’s efforts to modernize the permitting process. To ensure that innovation-driven economic growth has a strong and stable energy supply delivered through a modern grid, reforming our permitting system is critical to allow the electricity customers we represent to expand the production of domestic clean energy. Permitting modernization that accelerates approvals of clean energy projects and much-needed new transmission capacity will help achieve the national energy dominance America needs to fuel our economy. CEBA looks forward to working with the National Energy Dominance Council, the Council on Environmental Quality, and other administration officials to shape permitting modernization our members need to achieve economic growth and innovation that benefits American workers and families.”