On April 11, the U.S. Bureau of Land Administration (BLM) printed ultimate guidelines to manipulate leasing and rental charges for renewable vitality tasks on public lands. The ultimate guidelines intently observe suggestions from the Photo voltaic Vitality Industries Affiliation (SEIA) to streamline clear vitality growth on federal lands.
The brand new guidelines will:
- Scale back rents and charges for renewable vitality tasks by way of 2035 and get rid of duplicative funds for renewable vitality builders;
- Lengthen lease phrases for renewable tasks to 50 years;
- Take away aggressive leasing necessities in precedence growth areas; and
- Make it simpler to develop standalone vitality storage tasks on public lands.
Following is an announcement from Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of SEIA on BLM’s ultimate guidelines:
“Right this moment the U.S. Bureau of Land Administration (BLM) codified SEIA’s suggestions to make it quicker, simpler and cheaper to construct clear vitality tasks on public lands. We have to pull each lever we are able to to effectively deploy clear vitality, and our nation’s public lands stay an untapped useful resource. BLM’s new guidelines are a sensible step ahead and can assist to reverse a long time of preferential therapy for fossil gas pursuits.
“We commend BLM for working alongside the photo voltaic and storage business to ship considerate guidelines that can assist us strengthen the grid and ship dependable clear vitality to extra customers. We are going to proceed to push for pragmatic options that can assist us obtain our bold clear vitality objectives.”
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